A nursery picture is seen in a former World War II bunker in Berlin on
July 14, 2003. Beneath Berlin's refurbished streets lies a forgotten
world of bunkers and tunnels that tell tales of cruelty, suffering,
escape and espionage. Foreign visitors seeking remnants of the city's
violent 20th century history search in vain for two of the main
attractions - the Wall and Adolf Hitler's bunkers. Picture taken July
14. TO GO WITH FEATURE GERMANY-BERLIN-BUNKERS. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

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Berlin bunker tour guides Dietmar Arnold and Juerge Mueller stand in a
bunker doorway in Berlin on July 14, 2003. Beneath Berlin's refurbished
streets lies a forgotten world of bunkers and tunnels that tell tales
of cruelty, suffering, escape and espionage. Foreign visitors seeking
remnants of the city's violent 20th century history search in vain for
two of the main attractions - the Wall and Adolf Hitler's bunkers.
Picture taken July 14. TO GO WITH FEATURE GERMANY-BERLIN-BUNKERS
REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

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Artefacts gathered from former Berlin World War II bunkers are seen in
a showcase in Berlin July 14, 2003. Beneath Berlin's refurbished
streets lies a forgotten world of bunkers and tunnels that tell tales
of cruelty, suffering, escape and espionage. Foreign visitors seeking
remnants of the city's violent 20th century history search in vain for
two of the main attractions - the Wall and Adolf Hitler's bunkers.
Picture taken July 14. TO GO WITH FEATURE GERMANY-BERLIN-BUNKERS
REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

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A young Iraqi stands in front of a statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein with a noose around it neck in central Baghdad April 9, 2003. U.S. troops pulled down the 20-foot (six metre) high statue of President Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad on Wednesday and Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the man who ruled them with an iron grip for 24 years. In scenes reminiscent of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Iraqis earlier took a sledgehammer to the marble plinth under the statue of Saddam. Youths had placed a noose around the statue's neck and attached the rope to a U.S. armoured recovery vehicle.

A statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein falls as it is pulled down in central Baghdad April 9, 2003. U.S. troops pulled down a 20-foot (six metre) high statue of President Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad on Wednesday and Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the man who ruled them with an iron grip for 24 years. In scenes reminiscent of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Iraqis earlier took a sledgehammer to the marble plinth under the statue of Saddam. Youths had placed a noose around the statue's neck and attached the rope to a U.S. armoured recovery vehicle.

An Iraqi man throws stones at a statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein as it falls in central Baghdad April 9, 2003. U.S. troops pulled down a 20-foot (six metre) high statue of President Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad on Wednesday and Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the man who ruled them with an iron grip for 24 years. In scenes reminiscent of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Iraqis earlier took a sledgehammer to the marble plinth under the statue of Saddam. Youths had placed a noose around the statue's neck and attached the rope to a U.S. armoured recovery vehicle.

A U.S. soldier watches as a statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein falls in central Baghdad April 9, 2003. U.S. troops pulled down a 20-foot (six metre) high statue of President Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad on Wednesday and Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the man who ruled them with an iron grip for 24 years. [In scenes reminiscent of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Iraqis earlier took a sledgehammer to the marble plinth under the statue of Saddam. Youths had placed a noose around the statue's neck and attached the rope to a U.S. armoured recovery vehicle.]

A statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein falls in central Baghdad April 9, 2003. U.S. troops pulled down a 20-foot (six metre) high statue of President Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad on Wednesday and Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the man who ruled them with an iron grip for 24 years. In scenes reminiscent of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Iraqis earlier took a sledgehammer to the marble plinth under the statue of Saddam. Youths had placed a noose around the statue's neck and attached the rope to a U.S. armoured recovery vehicle. BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE

US soldier searches Sheraton hotel in Baghdad April 9, 2003. A senior U.S. commander said on Wednesday that U.S. forces had secured the centre of Baghdad and said the combat phase of the Iraqi war would end in a few days' time, at least in the capital and in southern Iraq. [Earlier, U.S. soldiers pulled down a huge statue of Saddam in central Baghdad and ecstatic Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the man who ruled them with an iron grip for 24 years in scenes that recalled the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.]

U.S. Marines from Lima Company, a part of the 7th Marine Regiment,
search the urban area around the Martyrs Monument, one of the symbols
of the Iraqi capital Baghdad April 9, 2003. A senior U.S. commander
said on Wednesday that U.S. forces had secured the centre of Baghdad
and said the combat phase of the Iraqi war would end in a few days'
time, at least in the capital and in southern Iraq. Earlier, U.S.
soldiers pulled down a huge statue of Saddam in central Baghdad and
ecstatic Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the man who ruled them
with an iron grip for 24 years in scenes that recalled the fall of the
Berlin Wall in 1989. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

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US soldiers search Sheraton hotel in Baghdad April 9, 2003. A senior
U.S. commander said on Wednesday that U.S. forces had secured the
centre of Baghdad and said the combat phase of the Iraqi war would end
in a few days' time, at least in the capital and in southern Iraq.
Earlier, U.S. soldiers pulled down a huge statue of Saddam in central
Baghdad and ecstatic Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the man who
ruled them with an iron grip for 24 years in scenes that recalled the
fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

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US soldiers search the Sheraton hotel in Baghdad April 9, 2003. A
senior U.S. commander said on Wednesday that U.S. forces had secured
the centre of Baghdad and said the combat phase of the Iraqi war would
end in a few days' time, at least in the capital and in southern Iraq.
Earlier, U.S. soldiers pulled down a huge statue of Saddam in central
Baghdad and ecstatic Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the man who
ruled them with an iron grip for 24 years in scenes that recalled the
fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

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US soldiers search Sheraton hotel in Baghdad April 9, 2003. A senior
U.S. commander said on Wednesday that U.S. forces had secured the
centre of Baghdad and said the combat phase of the Iraqi war would end
in a few days' time, at least in the capital and in southern Iraq.
Earlier, U.S. soldiers pulled down a huge statue of Saddam in central
Baghdad and ecstatic Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the man who
ruled them with an iron grip for 24 years in scenes that recalled the
fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

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US soldiers search Sheraton hotel in Baghdad April 9, 2003. A senior
U.S. commander said on Wednesday that U.S. forces had secured the
centre of Baghdad and said the combat phase of the Iraqi war would end
in a few days' time, at least in the capital and in southern Iraq.
Earlier, U.S. soldiers pulled down a huge statue of Saddam in central
Baghdad and ecstatic Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the man who
ruled them with an iron grip for 24 years in scenes that recalled the
fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

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US soldiers searches Sheraton hotel in Baghdad April 9, 2003. A senior
U.S. commander said on Wednesday that U.S. forces had secured the
centre of Baghdad and said the combat phase of the Iraqi war would end
in a few days' time, at least in the capital and in southern Iraq.
Earlier, U.S. soldiers pulled down a huge statue of Saddam in central
Baghdad and ecstatic Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the man who
ruled them with an iron grip for 24 years in scenes that recalled the
fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic REUTERS/Goran
Tomasevic

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US soldiers search the Sheraton hotel in Baghdad April 9, 2003. A
senior U.S. commander said on Wednesday that U.S. forces had secured
the centre of Baghdad and said the combat phase of the Iraqi war would
end in a few days' time, at least in the capital and in southern Iraq.
Earlier, U.S. soldiers pulled down a huge statue of Saddam in central
Baghdad and ecstatic Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the man who
ruled them with an iron grip for 24 years in scenes that recalled the
fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

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A young Iraqi stands in front of a statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein
with a noose around it neck in central Baghdad April 9, 2003. U.S. troops
pulled down the 20-foot (six metre) high statue of President Saddam Hussein
in central Baghdad on Wednesday and Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the
man who ruled them with an iron grip for 24 years. In scenes reminiscent of
the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Iraqis earlier took a sledgehammer to
the marble plinth under the statue of Saddam. Youths had placed a noose
around the statue's neck and attached the rope to a U.S. armoured recovery
vehicle. PP03040026 REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

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A Jordanian man in Amman cover his face as a TV shows a statue of Iraqi
President Saddam Hussein falls in Baghdad April 9, 2003. U.S. troops pulled
down a 20-foot (six metre) high statue of President Saddam Hussein in
central Baghdad on Wednesday and Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the man
who ruled them with an iron grip for 24 years. In scenes reminiscent of the
fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Iraqis earlier took a sledgehammer to the
marble plinth under the statue of Saddam. Youths had placed a noose around
the statue's neck and attached the rope to a U.S. armoured recovery vehicle.
PP03040026 REUTERS/Ali Jarekji

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A Jordanian in Amman cover his face in front of a television showing a U.S.
Marine cover the face of a statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein with a
U.S. flag in Baghdad April 9, 2003. Jubilant Iraqis tied a noose around a
huge statue of Saddam Hussein in the heart of Baghdad and pelted it with
shoes as the Iraqi president's 24-year rule collapsed in chaos. In scenes
reminiscent of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, crowds cheered as men
climbed the huge statue of Saddam in the center of Baghdad and placed the
rope around the neck in preparation to topple it. Pictures of the month
April 2003 REUTERS/Ali Jarekji REUTERS

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A statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein falls as it is pulled down in
central Baghdad April 9, 2003. U.S. troops pulled down a 20-foot (six metre)
high statue of President Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad on Wednesday and
Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the man who ruled them with an iron grip
for 24 years. In scenes reminiscent of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989,
Iraqis earlier took a sledgehammer to the marble plinth under the statue of
Saddam. Youths had placed a noose around the statue's neck and attached the
rope to a U.S. armoured recovery vehicle. PP03040026 REUTERS/Goran
Tomasevic

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An Iraqi man throws stones at a statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein as
it falls in central Baghdad April 9, 2003. U.S. troops pulled down a 20-foot
(six metre) high statue of President Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad on
Wednesday and Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the man who ruled them
with an iron grip for 24 years. In scenes reminiscent of the fall of the
Berlin Wall in 1989, Iraqis earlier took a sledgehammer to the marble plinth
under the statue of Saddam. Youths had placed a noose around the statue's
neck and attached the rope to a U.S. armoured recovery vehicle.
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A statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein falls in central Baghdad April
9, 2003. U.S. troops pulled down a 20-foot (six metre) high statue of
President Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad on Wednesday and Iraqis danced
on it in contempt for the man who ruled them with an iron grip for 24 years.
In scenes reminiscent of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Iraqis earlier
took a sledgehammer to the marble plinth under the statue of Saddam. Youths
had placed a noose around the statue's neck and attached the rope to a U.S.
armoured recovery vehicle. PP03040026 REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

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A U.S. soldier watches as a statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein falls
in central Baghdad April 9, 2003. U.S. troops pulled down a 20-foot (six
metre) high statue of President Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad on
Wednesday and Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the man who ruled them
with an iron grip for 24 years. In scenes reminiscent of the fall of the
Berlin Wall in 1989, Iraqis earlier took a sledgehammer to the marble plinth
under the statue of Saddam. Youths had placed a noose around the statue's
neck and attached the rope to a U.S. armoured recovery vehicle. PP03040026
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A statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein falls in central Baghdad April
9, 2003. U.S. troops pulled down a 20-foot (six metre) high statue of
President Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad on Wednesday and Iraqis danced
on it in contempt for the man who ruled them with an iron grip for 24 years.
In scenes reminiscent of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Iraqis earlier
took a sledgehammer to the marble plinth under the statue of Saddam. Youths
had placed a noose around the statue's neck and attached the rope to a U.S.
armoured recovery vehicle. PP03040026 REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

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U.S. Marine Corp Assaultman Kirk Dalrymple watches as a statue of Iraq's President Saddam Hussein falls in central Baghdad April 9, 2003. U.S. troops pulled down a 20-foot (six
metre) high statue of President Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad on Wednesday and Iraqis danced on it in contempt for the man who ruled them with an iron grip for 24 years. In scenes reminiscent of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Iraqis earlier took a sledgehammer to the marble plinth under the statue of Saddam. Youths had placed a noose around the statue's neck and attached the rope to a U.S. armoured recovery vehicle. PP03040026 Pictures of the month April 2003 REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic Pictures of the Year 2003 PP04020111 AS/DMO

An anti-war protestor holds a placard showing U.S. President George W.
Bush and which reads 'Do you want the total peace' during the 'Monday
demonstration' to protest against possible U.S.-led military action in
Iraq in the east German town of Leipzig February 24, 2003. The 'Monday
demonstration' refers back to demonstrations of the east German citizen
movement in the year 1989, which ended in the fall of the Berlin Wall
and the end of the communist regime. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

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Several thousands of anti-war marchers gathered in the eastern German
town of Leipzig during a so-called "Monday demonstration" to join
worldwide protests against possible U.S.-led military action in Iraq,
February 17, 2003. The "Monday demonstration" refer back to
demonstrations of the east German citizen movement in the year 1989,
which ended in the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the communist
regime. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

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Anti-war protesters carry banners reading "Mr. Bush Stop no war" and
"Mr. Bush Stop no blood for oil" as they hold a so-called "Monday
demonstration" in front of the old city hall of the eastern German town
of Leipzig to protest against possible U.S.-led military action in
Iraq, February 17, 2003. The 'Monday demonstration' refers back to
demonstrations of the east German citizen movement in the year 1989,
which ended in the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the communist
regime. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

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Four year-old Niklas runs in front of so called "Trabi" stretch limosine
which is parked in front of the Berlin wall at October 15, 2002. The
limousine, built from two of East Germany's legendary Trabant cars, and
convertibles can be hired for sightseeing tours around Berlin and Dresden.
Up to 24 people can hire the cars at the same time for a prize of around 25
euros per person. REUTERS/Alexandra Winkler

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A tourist looks at east German built Trabant car decorated with pieces
of the Berlin wall during a street party near the Brandenburg Gate in
Berlin on Germany's Unification Day, October 3, 2002. Tensions between
the United States and Germany over Schroeder's firm anti-war stance on
Iraq eased on Thursday when President George W. Bush congratulated
Germany on the 12th anniversary of unification. REUTERS/Fabrizio
Bensch

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The shadows of German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (L) of the Social
Democratic Party (SPD) and German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer of
the Greens party are seen on a wall during a joined news conference
following their first coalition talks in Berlin September 24, 2002.
Schroeder faces the task of reforming Europe's largest economy with a
sharply reduced majority after he and his Greens coalition partners
narrowly won Sunday's general election. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz REUTERS

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Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) member Ernst Welters addresses supporters in Berlin the night of September 19, 2002. [Polls show the PDS, which emerged from Communist East Germany's ruling SED party that built the Berlin Wall, just below the five percent hurdle needed to stay in parliament.]

The Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) leader Gabi Zimmer addresses
supporters in Berlin the night of September 19, 2002. Polls show the
PDS, which emerged from Communist East Germany's ruling SED party that
built the Berlin Wall, just below the five percent hurdle needed to
stay in parliament. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz REUTERS

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The Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) leader Gabi Zimmer and Berlin
PDS top candidate Petra Pau address supporters in Berlin the night of
September 19, 2002. Polls show the PDS, which emerged from Communist
East Germany's ruling SED party that built the Berlin Wall, just below
the five percent hurdle needed to stay in parliament. REUTERS/Tobias
Schwarz REUTERS

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A young man shows a piece of the Berlin Wall to the crowd while being
arrested by this West Berlin policeman for stealing the piece after
East Germany had opened the wall near the Brandenburg gate on December
21, 1989. REUTERS/Michael Probst

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The plant of the eastern German cereals supplier Fugema is seen through a wall in Malchin some 180 km north of Berlin on June 13, 2002. Germany said on Wednesday that a scare over organic food tainted with cancer-causing agent Nitrofen had widened to conventional agriculture just a day after it assured the European Union that it had the situation under control.

The plant of the eastern German cereals supplier Fugema is seen through a wall in Malchin some 180 km north of Berlin on June 13, 2002. Germany said on Wednesday that a scare over organic food tainted with cancer-causing agent Nitrofen had widened to conventional agriculture just a day after it assured the European Union that it had the situation under control.

The plant of the eastern German cereals supplier Fugema is seen through
a wall in Malchin some 180 km north of Berlin on June 13, 2002. Germany
said on Wednesday that a scare over organic food tainted with
cancer-causing agent Nitrofen had widened to conventional agriculture
just a day after it assured the European Union that it had the
situation under control. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

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The plant of the eastern German cereals supplier Fugema is seen through
a wall in Malchin some 180 km north of Berlin on June 13, 2002. Germany
said on Wednesday that a scare over organic food tainted with
cancer-causing agent Nitrofen had widened to conventional agriculture
just a day after it assured the European Union that it had the
situation under control. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

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U.S. President George W. Bush (L) and German Chancellor Gerhard
Schroeder stand outside the Theodor Tucher Cafe after the president's
arrival in Berlin, Germany, May 22, 2002. The cafe is located on a
street where part of the Berlin Wall once stood. REUTERS/Larry Downing

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U.S. President George W. Bush (L) and German Chancellor Gerhard
Schroeder chat outside the Theodor Tucher Cafe after the president's
arrival in Berlin, Germany, May 22, 2002. The cafe is located on a
street where part of the Berlin Wall once stood. REUTERS/Larry Downing

LSD/HB

U.S. President George W. Bush (L) and German Chancellor Gerhard
Schroeder stand outside the Theodor Tucher Cafe after the president's
arrival in Berlin, Germany, May 22, 2002. The cafe is located on a
street where part of the Berlin Wall once stood. REUTERS/Larry Downing

LSD/HB

U.S. President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder
stand outside the Theodor Tucher Cafe after the president's arrival in
Berlin, Germany, May 22, 2002. The cafe is located on a street where
part of the Berlin Wall once stood. REUTERS/Larry Downing

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GERMAN CHANCELLOR SCHROEDER POINTS At THE FORMER BERLIN WALL UPON THE
ARRIVAL Of US PRESIDENT GORGE W BUSH IN BERLINCELLOR SCHROEDER IN
BERLIN.


German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder points at the line where the Berlin
Wall stood upon the arrival of U.S. President George W. Bush (L) in
Berlin May 22, 2002. President Bush set out on Wednesday on a week-long
trip to Europe to shore up support for an expanded war on terrorism and
to sign an arms control treaty with Russia. At right is U.S ambassador
to Germany Daniel Coats and at centre rear is Berlin mayor Klaus
Wowereit. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

U.S. President George W. Bush (R) is given a tour of the North Korean
border by U.S. Army Lt. Col. William Miller at Observation Post
Ouelette near Camp Bonifas in South Korea February 20, 2002. Echoing
Ronald Reagan's 1987 call on the Soviet Union to tear down the Berlin
Wall, U.S. President George W. Bush urged North Korea on Wednesday to
open its border to South Korea. Picture taken through bullet-proof
glass. REUTERS/Larry Downing

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U.S. President George W. Bush (R) and South Korean President Kim
Dae-jung visit the end of Kaesong-Munson Road near the DMZ dividing
North and South Korea February 20, 2002. Echoing Ronald Reagan's 1987
call on the Soviet Union to tear down the Berlin Wall, U.S. President
George W. Bush urged North Korea on Wednesday to open its border to
South Korea. REUTERS/Larry Downing

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U.S. student Obinna Onwuchekwa paints his impressions of the September
11 New York World Trade Center attacks on a wall in Berlin February 18,
2002. One thousand students from New York, affected by the attacks,
were invited by German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder last October. The
first group of 25 arrived last weekend and are visiting Germany under
the so-called "Bridge New York - Berlin" to symbolize the friendship
and solidarity between Germany and the USA. REUTERS/Alexandra Winkler

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U.S. student Himanshu Suri paints his impressions of the September 11
New York World Trade Center attacks on a wall in Berlin February 18,
2002. 1000 students from New York, affected by the attacks, were
invited by German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder last October. The first
group of 25 arrived last weekend and are visiting Germany under the
so-called "Bridge New York - Berlin" to symbolize the friendship and
solidarity between Germany and the USA. REUTERS/Alexandra Winkler

AX/JOH

U.S. students Obinna Onwuchekwa (L) and Krista Nils paint their
impressions of the September 11 New York World Trade Center attacks on
a wall in Berlin February 18, 2002. Some 1000 students from New York,
affected by the attacks, were invited by German Chancellor Gerhard
Schroeder last October. The first group of 25 arrived last weekend and
are visiting Germany under the so-called "Bridge New York - Berlin" to
symbolize the friendship and solidarity between Germany and the USA.
REUTERS/Alexandra Winkler

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N UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER THROWS LEAFLETS AFTER ELECTION OF GREGOR GYSI
OF THE REFORM COMMUNIST PARTY IN BERLIN.


An unidentified prostester throws leaflets after the election of Gregor
Gysi of the reform communist Party of the Democratic Socialism (PDS) to
protest against the role of the party to build up the Berlin wall in
1961, during the parliamentary session of the regional parliament in
Berlin January 17, 2002. Gysi, a 54 year old lawyer from the PDS whose
predecessor ruled East Germany for four decades with an iron fist, was
elected as Senator for economic affairs on Thursday. REUTERS/Fabrizio
Bensch

Gregor Gysi (R) of the reform communist party of Democratic Socialism
(PDS) receives a sculpture produced with barbed wire by Michael Braun
(L) of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) as a symbol
for the Berlin wall during the parliamentary session of the regional
parliament in Berlin January 17, 2002. Gysi, a 54 year old lawyer and
the wittiest and most charismatic of three designated Berlin Senators
from the PDS whose predecessor ruled East Germany for four decades with
an iron fist, is elected as Senator for economic affairs on Thursday.
REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz REUTERS

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The shadows of Gregor Gysi of the reform communist Party of the
Democratic Socialism (PDS), Stefan Liebich, Berlin's party leader of
the PDS, party leader of the Berlin Social Democratic Party (SPD) Peter
Strieder and Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit (LtoR) can be seen on a wall
as they address a news conference following the first round of their
coalition talks in Berlin December 5, 2001. The Social Democrats said
they would make an offer of historic dimensions to an ex-communist
party to enter a coalition in the local Berlin city government.
REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

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SILHOUETTE OF GERMAN CHANCELLOR SCHROEDER IS SEEN BEHIND FDP CHAIRMAN
WESTERWELLE BEFORE MEETING OF FDP PARLIAMENTARY GROUP IN BERLIN.


The silhouette of Social Democratic German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder
is seen on a wall behind chairman of the Free Democratic Party (FDP)
Guido Westerwelle before a meeting of the FDP parliamentary group in
Berlin November 13, 2001. Germany headed for a government crisis on
Tuesday as German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder looked set to call a
parliamentary motion of confidence over the deployment of 3,900
soldiers to support the U.S.-led Afghan campaign. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
REUTERS

Construction cranes stand on the construction site of the Lehrter Rail
Station, near where the Berlin Wall once stood, October 16, 2001. The
German capital city of Berlin, which will elect a new local government
on Sunday, is a city on the move and a city struggling to overcome its
past division by the Cold War and Berlin Wall. The rail station is
planned to be the busiest in Europe when it is completed.
REUTERS/Alexandra Winkler To Match Feature Story
CONSTRUCTION-GERMANY-BERLIN.

AX/GB

The shadow of German Foreign minister Joschka Fischer is thrown against
a wall as Fischer walks by while making a phone call with his mobile
phone ahead to the arrival of French President Jacques Chirac and Prime
Minister Lionel Jospin for the fourth Franco-German meeting with
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder this year in Berlin September 5, 2001.
Schroeder and Chirac met for an informal dinner on Wednesday evening
with talks on curbing global market turmoil providing a possible
unifying force for the host and his guests. A year before elections in
both Germany and France, few analysts expect much progress n major
stumbling blocks, notably reform of he European Union's institutions.
REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay REUTERS

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German photographer Peter Leibing poses in his home in the northern
German village of Oerel, about 100 km south-west of Hamburg August 15,
2001, as he displays his famous picture of the East German soldier
Conrad Schumann jumping over the Berlin Wall. Leibings photograph of
the 19-year-old East German border guard throwing away his rifle as he
hurled over barbed wire on his way into West Berlin was taken on August
15, 1961, two days after East Germany sealed off its border with the
wall.

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German photographer Peter Leibing poses in his home in the northern
German village of Oerel, about 100 km south-west of Hamburg August 15,
2001, as he displays his famous picture of the East German soldier
Conrad Schumann jumping over the Berlin Wall. Leibings photograph of
the 19-year-old East German border guard throwing away his rifle as he
hurled over barbed wire on his way into West Berlin was taken on August
15, 1961, two days after East Germany sealed off its border with the
wall.

CHA/JOH/AA

People stand in front of layed wreaths at the wall memorial at Bernauer Strasse on August 13, 2001 after an official ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's construction. East Germany's Communist leading built the Wall in 1961 to counter a growing flood of refugees to the West and it became a hated symbol of the Cold War.

A woman looks at the Wall Memorial at Bernauer Strasse on August 13, 2001 after the official ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's construction. East Germany's Communist leading built the Wall in 1961 to counter a growing flood of refugees to the West and it became a hated symbol of the Cold War.

People lay wreaths at a wall memorial at Bernauer Strasse on August 13, 2001 to mark the 40th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's construction. East Germany's Communist leaders built the wall in 1961 to counter a growing flood of refugees to the West. The Berlin Wall became a hated symbol of the Cold War.