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Mexico places slab of Berlin Wall near border as 'lesson' while Biden adds to barriers
The 3-ton pockmarked, gray concrete slab sits between a bullring, a lighthouse and the border wall, which extends into the Pacific Ocean.
How one man's tunnel under the Berlin Wall saved 29 souls from Soviet rule
Many attempts to flee East Germany over, under or through the Berlin Wall failed.
Large section of the Berlin Wall demolished for luxury condos
Historians and locals in Berlin are furious after a 196-foot chunk of the Berlin Wall disappeared almost overnight to make way for luxury condominiums. According to the German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel,...
A reality check on our 'dystopian' world
Recently, a writer in The New York Review of Books characterized 2019 as “dystopian.” If he believes that 2019 is dystopian, then how might he characterize 1919, 1929, 1939 and...
Chocolatier creates edible Berlin Wall to commemorate 1989 fall
First as tragedy, then as chocolate. A chocolatier in France celebrated 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall by building his very own chocolate version, the Associated Press...
Germany marks 30 years since fall of Berlin Wall
The collapse of the Berlin Wall "proves that no wall is so high and so strong that we could not break it," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday at a...
Berlin Wall 30th anniversary: A timeline of division
It's been 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. On the anniversary of this history-changing night, the world looks back at the wall's nearly three-decade span dividing East...
The unbelievable night the Berlin Wall fell
Two scenes from the end of the Cold War: Scene one: On June 12, 1987, President Reagan stood before the Berlin Wall, the Brandenburg Gate rising behind him, to challenge...
Ronald Reagan statue to be installed in Germany, marking 30 years since fall of Berlin Wall
BERLIN — The U.S. Embassy in Berlin is unveiling a statue of Ronald Reagan, a tribute to the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on a site...
Bits of Berlin Wall make their way into art pieces around the world
BERLIN — For nearly three decades, the Berlin Wall encircled West Berlin, built by communist East German authorities ostensibly to protect the country from "fascists," but in reality to prevent...
Pieces of the Berlin Wall have traveled around the world
For a barrier meant to prevent travel, chips, chunks and full segments of the 97.2 mile-long reinforced concrete wall have done a good job themselves getting around the world.
Ocasio-Cortez compares Trump's border wall to Berlin Wall
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez compared President Trump's border barrier with the Berlin Wall - a Cold War symbol of Communist oppression that divided Germany for nearly three decades. “No matter how...
Freedom marks a milestone since the downfall of the Berlin Wall
This week marked a historical milestone: The Berlin Wall, once the world’s most notorious physical symbol of repression, has now been gone longer than it was up. An entire generation...
Helmut Kohl, German chancellor who reunited nation, dies at 87
BERLIN -- Helmut Kohl, the physically imposing German chancellor whose reunification of a nation divided by the Cold War put Germany at the heart of a united Europe, has died...
Muehller's conflict of interest, the price of assassinating 'Trump' and other comments
From the right: Is Mueller Conflicted in Comey Probe? Fired FBI Director James Comey “has emerged as the main figure” in what Democrats hope will be an obstruction of justice...
Iranian President: 'Not the time to erect walls between nations'
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday it was no time to build walls between nations and criticized steps towards cancelling world trade agreements, without naming new U.S. President Donald...
The fall of the Berlin Wall parallels Germany's open door to refugees
Germany’s unlocking its doors to refugees reveals a striking set of parallels with another fateful moment in the history of opened borders: the fall of the Berlin Wall. In both...
Reagan hits the wall
When the Berlin Wall went up on Nikita Khrushchev’s orders, plainly he thought he had put in place a tool of Communist strength and resolve. In fact, what he had...