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The 25th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. The actual anniversary is on sunday, but celebrations are already under way with thousands pouring onto the streets of the german capital. Berlin is gearing up for anniversary celebrations. Over eight thousand balloons have been placed in areas where the wall once stood. They will be in the minute it over the weekend they will be in human aided they will be illuminated over the weekend. The Speaker Parliament was modest in his commemoration of this historic event. It often seems to us as if germany changed the world at the time, but a huge upheaval was under way in 1989 in many places , with parallel events that cause, promoted, or influenced each other. Without the peaceful protests berlin but across eastern in europe, the wall may never have been breached, and german reunification may never have happened. This veteran musician was also in parliament today. He was expelled from former communist east germany in 1976 for writing antig
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The mcarthur foundation, committed to building a more just and peaceful world, park foundation, the colbert foundation, barbara flieshman and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and Group Retirement products, thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. My guests has a compassionate conservatism once touted by george w. Bush is making a comeback. If you have been listening to the heated rhetoric on the surprise. 65gu taken seriously by influential 1;o tny media. He called conservative leaders to articulate a positive social justice agenda. Just like week in the new york city times under the headline love people, not pleasure, he wrote while money relieves suffering in cases of true material need, when money becomes an end in itself it can bring misery too. That message has some people scratching their heads coming as it does from the president of the American Enterprise institute. Fund by some 1,200 donors including exxon mobile, the Am