PHOTO GALLERY: 20th anniversary of Berlin Wall celebrated in Berlin
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CST
Giant dominoes placed along the former border in front of the Brandenburg Gate fall in a symbolic act in Berlin on Monday during the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov.9, 1989.
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Monday marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. In order to commemorate the event, giant dominoes were placed along the former border of the wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and then knocked down. Many foreign and native diplomats attended the event, such as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, center, signs autographs for a boy as Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit, right, looks on while crossing the Bornholmer Bruecke, Bornholm bridge in Berlin on Monday The Bornholm bridge used to be a border crossing between East and West Berlin in 1989.
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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 on Monday during celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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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 on Monday during the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov.9, 1989.
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