Fireworks are seen at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, during the commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov.9, 1989. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
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From left, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Polish President Lech Walesa hold a black and white picture showing cars and people at the border crossing after the Fall of the Berlin Wall 1989, in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, during the commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov.9, 1989. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev cross the Bornholmer bridge in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, during the commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov.9, 1989. The Bornholm bridge used to be a border crossing between East and West Berlin in 1989.
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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, left, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, and former Polish President Lech Walesa, right,at the Bornholmer bridge in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, during the commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989.
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Front row from left, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, German President Horst Koehler, Berlin's Mayor Klaus Wowereit and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wave to the crowd in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, during the commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov.9, 1989.
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Giant dominos placed along the former border in front of the Brandenburg Gate fall in a symbolic act in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, during the commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov.9, 1989.
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Fallen dominos along the former border in front of the Brandenburg Gate are seen after they were made to fall in a symbolic act in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, during the commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov.9, 1989.
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Fireworks illuminate the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, during celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Giant domino pieces installed along a stretch of the Berlin Wall's original path are seen at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, during celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Dominoes symbolizing the Berlin Wall sit on the ground after falling in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, during the commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov.9, 1989. Writing on the screens reads "Freedom".
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, talks to Helfried and Petra Fischer in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, during the commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. The Fischers were amongst the first people to cross the wall in 1989.
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A woman places a rose into part of the former Berlin wall, Monday Nov. 9, 2009, following a commemoration ceremony for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989, at the wall memorial "Bernauer Strasse" in Berlin, Germany.
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A woman looks through a gap in part of the former Berlin wall Monday Nov. 9, 2009, during a commemoration ceremony for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989, at the wall memorial "Bernauer Strasse" in Berlin, Germany.
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FILE - In this Nov. 9, 1938 file photo, firefighters are seen at the Fasanenstrasse synagogue, Berlin's biggest house of Jewish worship, after Nazis set fire to it in anti-Jewish demonstrations held throughout Germany. As Germany celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 more subdued tributes were held to mark the 71st anniversary of the Nazi's Kristallnacht anti-Semitic pogrom.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Clinton takes part in the commemorations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Clinton is attending the commemoration ceremonies marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, later Monday.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Clinton is in Berlin to attend the commemoration ceremonies marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, later Monday.
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Hours before today’s event commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s demise, giant dominoes were lined up Sunday in front of the city’s Brandenburg Gate. The dominoes will collapse during today’s Festival of Freedom.
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Dominoes stand in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Around 1,000 dominos were placed on the former border near the Brandenburg Gate for the Festival of Freedom on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 2009 and will collapse during the commemoration event. (AP Photo/Herbert Knosowski)
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Dominoes stand in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Around 1,000 dominoes were placed on the former border near the Brandenburg Gate for the Festival of Freedom on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 2009 and will collapse during the commemoration event. AP Photo/Herbert Knosowski
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Muralist Kent Twichell is shown at his studio in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. Twitchell was asked to create an art piece on two of 10 segments of the old Berlin Wall being assembled in Los Angeles to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the wall's demolition. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Muralist Kent Twichell is shown at his studio in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. Twitchell was asked to create an art piece on two of 10 segments of the old Berlin Wall being assembled in Los Angeles to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the wall's demolition. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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