The night the Berlin Wall, divider of Germany and of the world, was brought down, people streamed to climb over it, stand on top of it or rush through it, in shock and jubilation. Others came with ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the imposing structure that divided the Communist East and the capitalist West lives on in public squares, parks and tourist ...

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 their ...

With its museums, theaters, outdoor cafes, fine restaurants, youthful atmosphere and thriving cultural life, Berlin has reclaimed its position as one of the great cosmopolitan cities of the world. But ...

ABINGDON, Va. – A Bristol, Va., man is sending some special gifts to Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. A piece of brick and a short section of rusty barbed wire from the Berlin Wall ...

When euphoric Germans clambered on top of the Wall on Nov. 9, 1989, smashing it with hammers to break it up, it was hard to imagine the physical symbol of division having a future. But it has since ...