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Neither Reagan nor Gorbachev broke down the wall by themselves – journalist

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Published: 10 November, 2009, 03:30
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Germany, Berlin : The Brandenburg Gate is seen through a barbed wire fence, in June 1968. (AFP Photo)

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Michael Moynihan, an editor at the US magazine Reason, dispells some notions about the fall of the Berlin Wall. Meanwhile, James Pinkerton from the New America Foundation reviews Obama’s involvement in the commemoration.

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