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Germany -- A tree grows through the bumper of a VW Beetle with East German licence plate near Fuldatal, 06Nov2009 - Caption:
A tree grows through the bumper of a VW Beetle near Fuldatal, Germany, 06 November 2009. The Beetle was supposedly the first car to cross the German-German border after the Berlin Wall was opened. Hidden in a garden it is a little memorial of German-German history.
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Russia -- Communists march to mark 92th anniversary of Great October Revolution in Moscow, 07Nov2009 - Russia -- Communists march to mark 92th anniversary of Great October Revolution in Moscow, 07Nov2009
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Germany -- The Brandenburg Gate surrounded by dominoes, representing the Berlin Wall, stretching from the Tor to Potsdamer Square in Berlin, 08Nov2009 - Caption:
epa01926369 The Brandenburger Tor surounded by dominoes, representing the Berlin Wall, stretching from the Tor to Potsdamer Square in Berlin Germany on 08 November 2009. Some 1,000 of these dominos have been set up between the Reichstag building, Brandenburg Gate and Potsdam Square and mark the former course of the Berlin Wall. On 09 November at eight o'clock in the evening, the dominos will be toppled during the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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U.S. -- A fallen soldiers memorial is seen in front of the podium where the memorial service for the thirteen victims of the shooting rampage by US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan will be served, 10Nov2009 - UNITED STATES, FORT HOOD : A fallen soldiers memorial is seen in front of the podium where the memorial service that US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will attend for the thirteen victims of the shooting rampage by US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan on November 10, 2009 in Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan, an army psychiatrist, killed 13 people and wounded 30 in a shooting at the military base on November 5, 2009.
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