Leaders to mark fall of Berlin Wall

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Series Details 9.11.09
Publication Date 09/11/2009
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World leaders gathered in the German capital on 9 November 2009 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the climactic event of the peaceful revolution of 1989 that ended 62 years of cold war and paved the way for Germany’s reunification a year later.

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European Commission: Press Release, IP/09/1685: EU commemorates the fall of the Berlin Wall, reproduces the domino effect http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1685&format=DOC&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
PressEurop: Briefing: 1989, 20 years on http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/topic/64701-1989-20-years
BBC News, 9.11.09: Leaders' call to action in Berlin http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8351673.stm
EurActiv, 10.11.09: Europe’s leaders hail Wall fall, vow to tackle new challenges http://www.euractiv.com/enlargement/europe-leaders-hail-wall-fall-vo-news-223045
Deutsche Welle, 9.11.09: World leaders commemorate fall of Berlin Wall http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4875158,00.html
France24, 9.11.09: Berlin marks 20 years since the fall of the Wall http://www.france24.com/en/20091109-world-leaders-gather-mark-fall-berlin-wall
Spiegel Online International, 9.11.09: 20 years on: Berlin Celebrates the Day the Wall Fell http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,660134,00.html
OSCE Magazine, No.4, 2009: 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall http://www.osce.org/secretariat/40322?download=true

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