Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit (R) and German SPD Social Democrat Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrive for the opening of an outdoor exhibition marking the 20th anniversary of the political movement in East Germany leading up to the collapse of the East German state in Berlin May 7, 2009. The exhibition with the title "2009 twenty years of peaceful revolution" opens on Thursday at the historical Alexander Platz square. Reuters Pictures 7 months ago

Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit (R) and German SPD Social Democrat Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrive for the opening of an outdoor exhibition marking the 20th anniversary of the political movement in East Germany leading up to the collapse of the East German state in Berlin May 7, 2009. The exhibition with the title "2009 twenty years of peaceful revolution" opens on Thursday at the historical Alexander Platz square.

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  1. People walk near trees illuminated with Christmas lights at Under den Linden, near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin November 27, 2009. Berlin's mayor Klaus Wowereit on Friday switched on Christmas decorations, illuminating 270 trees with lights stretching a total of 80 km (50 miles).
  2. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 18: Suzy Menkes and Berlin's mayor Klaus Wowereit attend the IHT (International Herald Tribune) Techno Luxury Conference cocktail at The Corner on November 18, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  3. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 17: (L-R) Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit, Suzy Menkes and Claudia Schiffer attend the IHT (International Herald Tribune) Luxury Conference cocktail by IMG at Grill Royal on November 17, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  4. DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 13: (From L to R) Newly elected leading members of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), including Treasurer Barbara Hendricks, co-Deputy Chairman Klaus Wowereit, co-Deputy Chairwoman Hannelore Kraft, co-Deputy Chairman Olaf Scholz, General Secretary Andrea Nahles, Chairman Sigmar Gabriel, co-Deputy Chairwoman Manuela Schwesig and SPD representative to the European Parliament Martin Schulz pose for a photo at the SPD party congress on November 13, 2009 in Dresden, Germany. Gabriel will lead the party after it received a disastrous defeat in federal elections last September.
  5. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 09: Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit attends a commemorative ceremony by a former guard tower at a still-existing section of the Berlin Wall at the Bernauer Strasse memorial on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall on November 9, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The city of Berlin is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, which led to the end of communist rule in East Germany and later on the reunification of East and West Germany, with a spectacular event at the Brandenburg Gate and the participation of international leaders.
  6. Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit (C) shakes hands with NBC reporter Tom Brokaw after receiving a Freedom Award on behalf of the people of Berlin, as CEO of the Atlantic Council Frederick Kempe (L) looks on during a gala banquet of the Atlantic Council in Berlin November 8, 2009 one day ahead of the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall.
  7. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 07: (EDITORS NOTE: Entertainment Online Subscriptions GLR Included) Berlin major Klaus Wowereit and boyfriend Joern Kubicki attend the '16th Aids Gala' at Deutsche Oper on November 7, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  8. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 06: Berlin city Mayor Klaus Wowereit (C) poses with artists in front of a restored mural showing a Trabant car breaking through the Wall along a still-existing portion of the former Berlin Wall known as the East Side Gallery on its official re-opening day on November 6, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The East Side Gallery, an approximately one-mile still-exisitng portion of the Berlin Wall, has undegone a year-long restoration effort ahead of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall on November 9. The city of Berlin will mark the occasion with a big event at the Brandenburg Gate attended by European Union and former Allied leaders.
  9. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 05: Berlin's mayor Klaus Wowereit arrives for the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards held at the O2 Arena on November 5, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  10. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 04: Bill Roedy, Chairman and Chief Executive of MTV Networks International, and Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit attend the Press Conference prior to the MTV Europe Music Awards 2009 at the O2 Arena on November 4, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  11. BERLIN - OCTOBER 27: Berlin city Mayor Klaus Wowereit (L) and his partner Joern Kubicki attend the premiere of 'Romy' at the Delphi cinema on October 27, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.

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  1. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 16:(EDITORS NOTE: Entertainment Online Subscriptions GLR Included) Berlin major Klaus Wowereit and boyfriend Joern Kubicki attend the AIDS Gala 2009 at theater des Westen on November 16, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  2. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 09: A woman holds a rose and a brochure that reads: '20 Years Fall of the Wall, November 1989' while attending a commemorative ceremony at a still-existing section of the Berlin Wall at the Bernauer Strasse memorial on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall on November 9, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The city of Berlin is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, which led to the end of communist rule in East Germany and later on the reunification of East and West Germany, with a spectacular event at the Brandenburg Gate and the participation of international leaders.
  3. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 07: (EDITORS NOTE: Entertainment Online Subscriptions GLR Included) Berlin major Klaus Wowereit and boyfriend Joern Kubicki attend the '16th Aids Gala' at Deutsche Oper on November 7, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  4. Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere (L), Mayor of the Norwegian municipality Frogn, Thore Vestby (2nd L), German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (3rd L) and Berlin's Mayor Klaus Wowereit (R) pose for pictures in front of a Norwegian sponsored Christmas tree at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin November 29, 2009. Frogn has been sponsoring the Christmas tree in front of the Brandenburg Gate for 20 years.
  5. People walk near trees illuminated with Christmas lights at Under den Linden, near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin November 27, 2009. Berlin's mayor Klaus Wowereit on Friday switched on Christmas decorations, illuminating 270 trees with lights stretching a total of 80 km (50 miles).
  6. People walk near trees illuminated with Christmas lights at Under den Linden, near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin November 27, 2009. Berlin's mayor Klaus Wowereit on Friday switched on Christmas decorations, illuminating 270 trees with lights stretching a total of 80 km (50 miles). The sign reads: "Light for Berlin."
  7. People walk near trees illuminated with Christmas lights at Under den Linden, near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin November 27, 2009. Berlin's mayor Klaus Wowereit on Friday switched on Christmas decorations, illuminating 270 trees with lights stretching a total of 80 km (50 miles).
  8. A man dressed in a snow fairy costume jokes with Berlin's Mayor Klaus Wowereit (R) before Wowereit switches on the illumination of a Christmas tree in the Gendarmenmarkt Christmas market in Berlin November 23, 2009.
  9. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 27: German politican Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Buedenbender attend the annual press ball 'Bundespresseball' at the Intercontinental Hotel in Berlin on November 27, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  10. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 27: Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Buedenbender attend the annual press ball 'Bundespresseball' at the Intercontinental Hotel in Berlin on November 27, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  11. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 27: Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Buedenbender attend the annual press ball 'Bundespresseball' at the Intercontinental Hotel in Berlin on November 27, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  12. DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 13: Sigmar Gabriel (C), new Chairman designate of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), SPD Bundestag faction leader Franz-Walter Steinmeier (2nd from R) and new General Secretary designate Andrea Nahles (R) applaude outgoing Chairman Franz Muentefering (2nd from L) after Muentefering's speech at the SPD party congress on November 13, 2009 in Dresden, Germany. Party delegates are to vote on the new party leadership, including on Gabriel's chairmanship, later in the day.
  13. DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 13: (From L to R) Sigmar Gabriel, new Chairman designate of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), SPD Bundestag faction leader Franz-Walter Steinmeier and new General Secretary designate Andrea Nahles listen to outgoing Chairman Franz Muentefering speak at the SPD party congress on November 13, 2009 in Dresden, Germany. Party delegates are to vote on the new party leadership, including on Gabriel's and Nahels's candidacy, later in the day.
  14. DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 13: (From L to R) Sigmar Gabriel, new Chairman designate of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), SPD Bundestag faction leader Franz-Walter Steinmeier and new General Secretary designate Andrea Nahles listen to outgoing Chairman Franz Muentefering speak at the SPD party congress on November 13, 2009 in Dresden, Germany. Party delegates are to vote on the new party leadership, including on Gabriel's and Nahels's candidacy, later in the day.
  15. DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 13: Sigmar Gabriel (C), new Chairman designate of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), outgoing Chairman Franz Muentefering (L) and SPD Bundestag faction leader Franz-Walter Steinmeier attend the SPD party congress on November 13, 2009 in Dresden, Germany. Party delegates are to vote on the new party leadership, including on Gabriel's chairmanship, later in the day.
  16. DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 13: Sigmar Gabriel (C), new Chairman designate of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), outgoing Chairman Franz Muentefering (L) and SPD Bundestag faction leader Franz-Walter Steinmeier observe a moment of silence for deceased party members at the SPD party congress on November 13, 2009 in Dresden, Germany. Party delegates are to vote on the new party leadership, including on Gabriel's chairmanship, later in the day.

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