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Twenty years ago, the Berlin Wall, the most visible symbol of the Cold War, came tumbling down.

Tehran on Thursday accused German Chancellor Angela Merkel of being influenced by "Zionist circles" in a reference to Israel after her remarks that a nuclear bomb in Iran's hands would not be acceptable, state media reported.

Twenty years to the day since throngs of joyous East Germans first breached the Berlin Wall, US, British and Russian leaders will join German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday for celebrations which will briefly repartition central Berlin.

Nuclear impasses with Iran and North Korea are the dominant issues for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her trip to Europe and Asia, which begins with a stopover in Germany to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall.

A young East German physicist named Angela Merkel was on her way home from her weekly trip to the sauna and a beer with a friend when she was swept up in the ecstatic crowds crossing the border at Bornholmer Street on the night of Nov.

As General Motors' new board of directors became more immersed in the automaker's business, it began to question more and more the idea of selling off a majority stake in the company's Opel division, a top executive indicated Wednesday.

Washington is pausing this week to honor and reflect on the meaning of what happened 20 years ago in 1989, when on Nov.

Massive colorful dominoes painted by German students were placed Saturday along the former path of the Berlin Wall to mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the barrier that divided the city for nearly three decades.

Europe is pulling clear of recession but now faces a long fight to unplug itself from government-funded life support as it struggles with extra debt, a strong euro and an ageing population, analysts say.

Negotiators from industrial nations, including the United States , said eleventh-hour promises are possible and a global warming pact can be reached.

If you happen to open any German newspaper this weekend, you'll see that the coverage focuses on one main topic: The fall of the Berlin Wall.

General Motors abruptly ended negotiations on the sale of its European unit, Opel, to a consortium of Magna and Sberbank, scuttling a deal that the Russian government hoped would help rescue its auto industry and further integrate its economy with the West.

In celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Monday, Germany will party like it's 1989.

Angela Merkel, the first leader of reunited Germany to grow up under communist rule, has worked as chancellor to warm up ties with the United States - a country she couldn't travel to until she was in her mid-30s. The former East German physicist, also the first woman to lead her country, restored cordiality to ties strained over the Iraq war while ...

Germany's nuclear power policy of keeping old reactors open longer to bridge the gap to greener energy may also leave the door open to eventually break a major electoral taboo -- new atomic power plants.

Workers demonstrate Thursday at the Opel plant in Eisenach, Germany, one day after General Motors said it won't sell its European unit.

The Republican side of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee was empty Tuesday during climate talks.

Frank W. Hardy Nov 4, 2009 Not since 1957, when Konrad Adenauer lectured the US Congress, has a German leader discussed world advents with America - and never in a Joint Session of Congress.

BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel, sworn in for a second term last week, is coming under pressure from all sides over her plans for Germany to borrow its way out of its worst recession since World War II.

European dignitaries traveled to Washington for several meetings Tuesday with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House.