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How the Berlin Wall accidentally fell
UN Wire | Nov 02, 2009
University of Southern California international relations professor Mary Elise Sarotte explains the rapid and accidental succession of events that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago. Many East German leaders were occupied in meetings or abroad when Guenter Schabowski, a member of the Politboro, sleepily misstated new travel regulations that did not in fact change border policy at the Wall -- a change that was interpreted by Western reporters, then by East Germans, to mean the Wall had in fact opened. Washington Post, The (11/01)
23 Americans convicted in Italian court in renditions case
UN Wire | Nov 04, 2009
About 700 million want to migrate
UN Wire | Nov 04, 2009
Yoko Ono, Lennon children make a gift of "Peace"
UN Wire | Nov 05, 2009
Italy outraged over rights ruling on classroom crucifixes
UN Wire | Nov 04, 2009
Tehran to lose capital status in Iran
UN Wire | Nov 02, 2009
Column: Obstetric fistulas easily reversed
UN Wire | Nov 02, 2009
UN to remove staff temporarily from Afghanistan
UN Wire | Nov 05, 2009
U.S. diplomat meets with Suu Kyi
UN Wire | Nov 04, 2009
UN pursues allegations of peacekeeper misconduct
UN Wire | Nov 06, 2009
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