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German Chancellor Angela Merkel greets Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at a reception at the presidential residence of Bellevue Castle in Berlin November 9, 2009, during celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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