BERLIN - NOVEMBER 09: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) talks to songwriter Wolf Biermann (R) as she visits the suburban railway station at Bornholmer Strasse on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The leaders visited the bridge and the train station below because it was there that in 1989 that guards opened the first border crossing and allowed East Berliners to walk unimpeded into West Berlin. 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. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

BERLIN - NOVEMBER 09: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) talks to songwriter Wolf Biermann (R) as she visits the suburban railway station at Bornholmer Strasse on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The leaders visited the bridge and the train station below because it was there that in 1989 that guards opened the first border crossing and allowed East Berliners to walk unimpeded into West Berlin. 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.

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  3. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - DECEMBER 06: Travellers wait for their baggage next to an advertising sign showing a picture of grown old German Chancellor Angela Merkel and reading 'I'm sorry. We could have stopped catastrophic climate change. ..we didn't' at the Copenhagen airport on December 6, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Politicians and environmentalists will meet for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 which opens on December 7 and runs until December 18.
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  5. BERLIN - DECEMBER 03: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and German Chancellor Angela Merkel speak to the media after talks on December 3, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Ministers from the two countries signed a series of documents on mutual cooperation, including one aimed at supporting measures to reduce global warming.
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  1. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - DECEMBER 06: Travellers wait for their baggage next to an advertising sign showing a picture of grown old German Chancellor Angela Merkel and reading 'I'm sorry. We could have stopped catastrophic climate change. ..we didn't' at the Copenhagen airport on December 6, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Politicians and environmentalists will meet for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 which opens on December 7 and runs until December 18.
  2. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - DECEMBER 06: Travellers wait for their baggage next to an advertising sign showing a picture of grown old German Chancellor Angela Merkel and reading 'I'm sorry. We could have stopped catastrophic climate change. ..we didn't' at the Copenhagen airport on December 6, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Politicians and environmentalists will meet for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 which opens on December 7 and runs until December 18.
  3. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - DECEMBER 06: Travellers wait for their baggage next to an advertising sign showing a picture of grown old German Chancellor Angela Merkel and reading 'I'm sorry. We could have stopped catastrophic climate change. ..we didn't' at the Copenhagen airport on December 6, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Politicians and environmentalists will meet for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 which opens on December 7 and runs until December 18.
  4. BERLIN - DECEMBER 05: Activists dressed as (from L to R) leaders Abdoyale Wade of Senegal, Barack Obama of the USA, Angela Merkel of Germany and Hu Jintao of China pretend to debate in a giant aquarium filling with water on December 5, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The activists were hoping to raise awareness for the need for rapid action on global warming ahead of the upcoming international conference on climate change in Copenhagen.
  5. BERLIN - DECEMBER 05: Activists dressed as (from L to R) leaders Abdoyale Wade of Senegal, Barack Obama of the USA, Angela Merkel of Germany and Hu Jintao of China pretend to debate in a giant aquarium filling with water on December 5, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The activists were hoping to raise awareness for the need for rapid action on global warming ahead of the upcoming international conference on climate change in Copenhagen.
  6. BERLIN - DECEMBER 05: Spectators watch as activists dressed as (from L to R) leaders Abdoyale Wade of Senegal, Barack Obama of the USA, Angela Merkel of Germany and Hu Jintao of China pretend to debate in a giant aquarium filling with water on December 5, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The activists were hoping to raise awareness for the need for rapid action on global warming ahead of the upcoming international conference on climate change in Copenhagen.
  7. BERLIN - DECEMBER 05: Activists dressed as (from L to R) leaders Abdoyale Wade of Senegal, Barack Obama of the USA, Angela Merkel of Germany and Hu Jintao of China pretend to debate in a giant aquarium filling with water on December 5, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The activists were hoping to raise awareness for the need for rapid action on global warming ahead of the upcoming international conference on climate change in Copenhagen.
  8. BERLIN - DECEMBER 05: Activists dressed as (from L to R) leaders Abdoyale Wade of Senegal, Barack Obama of the USA, Angela Merkel of Germany and Hu Jintao of China pretend to debate in a giant aquarium filling with water on December 5, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The activists were hoping to raise awareness for the need for rapid action on global warming ahead of the upcoming international conference on climate change in Copenhagen.
  9. BERLIN - NOVEMBER 09: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) talks to songwriter Wolf Biermann (R) as she visits the suburban railway station at Bornholmer Strasse on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The leaders visited the bridge and the train station below because it was there that in 1989 that guards opened the first border crossing and allowed East Berliners to walk unimpeded into West Berlin. 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.

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