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Leaders to mark fall of Berlin Wall

By Bertrand Benoit in Berlin

Published: November 8 2009 16:26 | Last updated: November 9 2009 10:51

Brandenburg Gate in BerlinReuters

World leaders will gather in the German capital on Monday 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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