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The Berlin Wall, 20 years gone - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:28:59 -0800

"Twenty years ago, on the night of November 9, 1989, following weeks of pro-democracy protests, East German authorities suddenly opened their border to West Germany. After 28 years as prisoners of their own country, euphoric East Germans streamed to checkpoints and rushed past bewildered guards, many falling tearfully into the arms of West Germans welcoming them on the other side. Thousands of Germans and world leaders gathered in Berlin yesterday to celebrate the "Mauerfall" - the dismantling of the Berlin Wall and German reunification - and to remember the approximately 100-200 who died attempting to cross the border over the years."

The Year the East Cried Freedom! - The New York Times &62; World &62; Slide Show &62; Slide 1 of 8

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:27:50 -0800

"A year of historic events climaxed in Nov. 1989 with the fall of the Berlin Wall as East Europeans symbolically broke free of communist rule. On Feb. 6, Poland's Communist government, weakened by a wave of strikes, opened Round Table negotiations with Solidarity, the opposition labor movement led by Lech Walesa, fifth from left."

"On May 2, Hungarian border guards began to dismantle barbed-wire fencing along the country's border with Austria. This first crack in the Iron Curtain would ultimately allow East Germans who traveled legally to Hungary to exit the East Bloc and make their way to West Germany"

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Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:37:59 -0700

Talking about Trees

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http://Tutto.stumbleupon.com/review/31059964/

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:12:21 -0700

http://Tutto.stumbleupon.com/review/30860504/

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:29:24 -0800

http://Tutto.stumbleupon.com/review/30828699/

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:57:50 -0800

Contemporary Painter Henry Asencio

http://Tutto.stumbleupon.com/review/30570272/

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:46:02 -0800

Kovacs Katalin's Illustrations

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Magnificent Oil Paintings by Leonid Afremov. Part 1&-&AmO Images: Capturing the Beauty of Life&-&AmO Images: Capturing the Beauty of Life

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:19:35 -0800

http://Tutto.stumbleupon.com/review/30507693/

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:56:46 -0800

http://Tutto.stumbleupon.com/review/30507457/

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:56:37 -0800