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.
PP03040026 REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

GOT

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

Pictures of the month April 2003 GOT

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
Pictures of the month April 2003 REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

GOT

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

GOT

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

FAB

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

FAB/WS

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

FAB/WS

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

AX/JOH/CRB

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

FAB/AH

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

WR

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

FMS

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

FMS

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

MP

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

WR

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

WR

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 (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

LSD/HB

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

LSD/CP

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

LSD/CP

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

AX/JOH

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

AX/JOH

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

FAB

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

FAB/JOH

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

WR

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

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.

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.

JOH

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. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch REUTERS

WR

Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit (R) and Friede Springer, widow of German
publishing mogul Axel Springer, lay a wreath August 13, 2001 during a
ceremony at the place, where Peter Fechter was killed in an attempt to
flee across the wall on August 17, 1962. 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.

JOH

People demonstrate with signs reading "victim" at the wall memorial at
Bernauer Strasse on August 13, 2001 prior to a 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.

JOH

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.

JOH

German police remove demonstrator Alexander Bauersfeld from ceremony in
Berlin to mark the 40th anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall,
August 13, 2001. Bauersfeld was detained after destroying a wreath
placed in front of the Wall Memorial on Bernauer Street by the reform
communist Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), successors to communist
East Germany's Socialist Einheits Partei (SED) that built the Wall on
August 13, 1961.

JOH

Demonstrator Alexander Bauersfeld removes two PDS wreaths prior to a
ceremony in Berlin to mark the 40th anniversary of the building of the
Berlin Wall, August 13, 2001. Bauersfeld was detained after destroying
a wreath placed in front of the Wall Memorial on Bernauer Street by the
reform communist Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), successors to
communist East Germany's Socialist Einheits Partei (SED) that built the
Wall on August 13, 1961.

JOH

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.

JOH

Chairwoman of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel
lays a wreath at a memorial ceremony during the 40th anniversary of the
Berlin Wall's construction on August 13, 2001.

JOH

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder lays a wreath at a memorial
ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's construction
on August 13, 2001. East Germany's Communist leading 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.

JOH

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (2nd R) and governing Berlin mayor
Klaus Wowereit lay wreaths at a memorial ceremony marking the 40th
anniversary of the Berlin Wall's construction on August 13, 2001. East
Germany's Communist leadership 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.

JOH/GB

Secretary general of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Laurenz Meyer
(R) jokes with chairwoman Angela Merkel during a rally to mark the eve
of the 40th anniversary of the Berlin Wall construction in Berlin
August 12, 2001. Leading members of Germany's conservative opposition
took part at a rally at the former Checkpoint Charlie, the Cold Wars
best-known border crossing between East and West Berlin.

AKW

Bavarian State Prime Minister and chairman of the Christian Social
Union (CSU) Edmund Stoiber and secretary general of the Christian
Democratic Union (CDU) Laurenz Meyer (R) applaud as CDU chairwoman
Angela Merkel is seen on a huge tv screen during a rally to mark the
eve of the 40th anniversary of the Berlin Wall construction in Berlin
August 12, 2001. Leading members of Germany's conservative opposition
took part at a rally at the former Checkpoint Charlie, the Cold Wars
best-known border crossing between East and West Berlin.

AKW

Frank Steffel, top candidate for Berlin's upcoming general state
election stands in front of a video wall showing the Brandenburg Gate
at a rally to mark the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's
construction in Berlin August 12, 2001. Leading members of Germany's
conservative opposition took part in the rally at the former Checkpoint
Charlie, the Cold Wars best-known border crossing between East and West
Berlin.

FAB/GB

Frank Steffel (L-R), top candidate for Berlin's upcoming general state
election waves to the crowd as Edmund Stoiber, Bavarian state Premier
and chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU) Angela Merkel,
chairwoman of the conservative Christian Democratic Union party (CDU)
and Laurenz Meyer, CDU secretary general applaud during a rally to mark
the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Berlin Wall construction in
Berlin August 12, 2001. Leading members of Germanys conservative
opposition took part at a rally at the former Checkpoint Charlie, the
Cold Wars best-known border crossing between East and West Berlin.

FAB

Angela Merkel (R), chairwoman of the conservative Christian Democratic
Union party (CDU) talks to Edmund Stoiber (L), Bavarian state Premier
and chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU) during a rally to mark
the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Berlin Wall construction in
Berlin Aust 12, 2001. Leading members of Germany's conservative
opposition took part at a rally at the former Checkpoint Charlie, the
Cold Wars best-known border crossing between East and West Berlin.

FAB

Guenter Schabowski (R), former East German Politburo member best known
for announcing the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989, sits beside
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) top candidate for Berlin mayor Frank
Steffel August 9, 2001. The conservative candidate is hoping to boost
support among voters in the former Communist east and is seeking to set
up an advisory panel of well-known easterners.

JOH

Guenter Schabowski, former East German Politburo member best known for
announcing the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989, is seen prior to a
meeting with Christian Democratic Union (CDU) top candidate for Berlin
mayor Frank Steffel August 9, 2001. The conservative candidate is
hoping to boost support among voters in the former Communist east and
is seeking to set up an advisory panel of well-known easterners.

JOH

Guenter Schabowski (R), former East German Politburo member best known
for announcing the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989, talks to
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) top candidate for Berlin mayor Frank
Steffel August 9, 2001. The conservative candidate is hoping to boost
support among voters in the former Communist east and is seeking to set
up an advisory panel of well-known easterners.

JOH

Guenter Schabowski (R), former East German Politburo member best known
for announcing the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989, sits beside
laughing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) top candidate for Berlin
mayor Frank Steffel August 9, 2001. The conservative candidate is
hoping to boost support among voters in the former Communist east and
is seeking to set up an advisory panel of well-known easterners.

JOH/CLH/

Two police men stand in front of a selection of giant historic photos on a billboard which is part of an exhibition to remark the anniversary of Berlin Wall at the regional state parliament in Berlin August 8, 2001. The Berlin Wall was built 40 years ago on August 13 by the Communist East German government in an attempt to prevent its citizens from fleeing to the West. More than 200 people were killed between 1961 and in 1989 when the Berlin Wall collapsed.