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Berlin gets ready to commemorate the fall of the wall

Around 2,000 people are working day and night to make sure the city is ready for the upcoming celebrations to mark the fall of the Berlin Wall, an event that that is expected to attract hundreds of thousand of people.

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Free U2 concert warms up Berlin ahead of historic anniversary

U2 gave a free concert - as part of the MTV Music Europe Awards - to 10,000 fans in front of the Brandenburg Gate to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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"The fall of the Berlin wall"

In today’s French press review, we look at the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall.

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Afghanistan: "Find the bastard and kill him" says UK

In today’s international press review, we look at Britain’s reaction to the death of five of its soldiers, allegedly killed by a rogue Afghan policeman.

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Between East and West, the imbalance persists

FRANCE 24 visits the city of Leipzig, in the former East Germany, where the carmaker BMW employs 4,000 people in its factory. But, two decades after reunification, most factories have disappeared, with consequences for the wider economy.

DIPLOMACY

Merkel in US for talks with Obama, speech before Congress

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is due in Washington for talks with US President Barack Obama and a speech before Congress two decades after the Berlin Wall fell. The trip will focus on issues including Afghanistan, Iran, and climate change.

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Germany 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall

Twenty years ago the Berlin Wall fell, a painful symbol of division and clashes between East and West Europe. Today, Germany is a united and confident country. FRANCE 24 has a special report a week before the anniversary.

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Fall of Berlin Wall anniversary marked by Kohl, Bush Sr., and Gorbachev

Helmut Kohl, George H.W. Bush, and Michael Gorbachev – the leaders of Germany, the United States, and the Soviet Union in November 1989 – are in Berlin to take part in the celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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Berlin's invisible border

Two decades after the Berlin Wall came down, an intangible divide remains between the two halves of the German capital. We take you on a tour of a city where the scars of the past are scarcely concealed.