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In this Thursday Nov. 6, 2019, A Turkish flag is seen through a fence that divided the Greek Cypriot south to the Turkish Cypriots north in divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus. As the world commemorates 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the bullet-riddled sandstone walls of abandoned, crumbling homes and concrete machine gun nests dotting in Cyprus' no-man's land are a reminder of Europe's last divided country. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

30 years after the Berlin Wall, Cyprus’ division endures

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

This combination of photos shows a father and son, top, riding their bicycles along a section of the Berlin Wall in Berlin on July 1981 and the same location Nov. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

AP PHOTOS: The Berlin Wall, and the city 30 years later

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FILE - In this Nov. 11, 1989, file photo a Trabant car, made in East Germany, with a graffiti slogan 'Es lebe die Arbeiterklasse' (Shall the laboring classes live on) is pictured driving in West Berlin, Germany, two days after the boarder between the two Germanys was abolished. The abrupt fall of the Wall in 1989 and lightning speed that reunification took place took everyone by surprise at the time and was a shock to the system for some 16 million East Germans. Unrealistic expectations combined with other factors have helped lead to today’s discontent, providing fertile ground for the far-right. (AP Photo/File)

30 years after Berlin Wall fell, East-West divides remain

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019 photo cars drive on the 'Glieniker Bruecke' (Glienicke Bridge) in Potsdam, Germany. During the Cold War, the Glienicke Bridge connecting West Berlin to Potsdam in East Germany was famously used as a site for exchanging captured foreign agents. Since the two opposing sides couldn’t agree to work together when the bridge required repairs, each conducted them separately. The paint was applied differently and faded un-uniformly, and the two shades of green meeting at the middle of the bridge are still clearly visible today. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

In Berlin, quirky reminders linger from East-West divide

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

FILE-In this Jan. 1, 2018 file photo shows Holocaust survivor Hanni Levy at an extraordinary party convention in Hanover, Germany. Levy died at the age of 95 years. (Julian Stratenschulte/dpa via AP)

Hanni Lévy, who survived Holocaust in Berlin hideout, dies

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FILE - In this Nov. 14, 1989 file photo two East German border guards patrolled atop of Berlin Wall with the illuminated Brandenburg Gate in background, in Berlin. (AP Photo/Jockel Finck, file)

The lessons of Berlin must be learned again in Hong Kong

By Daniel N. Hoffman

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Tough battle: Close but no medal for U.S. at NATO chess tilt

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Supporters of the 'Extinction Rebellion' movement block a road between the Brandenburg Gate, background, and the Victory Column in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. The activists want to draw attention on the climate protest by blocking roads and with other acts of civil disobedience in Berlin and other cities around the world. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Climate activists block roads, march in global protests

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

Display cars are parked at a Volkswagen dealership in Sydney, Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. Volkswagen has agreed to pay up to 127 million Australian dollars ($87 million) to settle an Australian class action stemming from the 2015 diesel emissions scandal, the German automaker and a lawyer said Monday. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Volkswagen bosses charged in Germany over diesel scandal

By Geir Moulson and David McHugh - Associated Press

In this Wednesday Sept. 11, 2019 photo, Holocaust survivor Helga Melmed poses for a portrait during an event celebrating the 50th anniversary of a program for people expelled and persecuted by the Nazis and bringing tens of thousands of them back to their home city for one-week trips in Berlin. Helga Melmed was 14 years old when the Nazis forced her family on a train and deported her from her hometown of Berlin to the Jewish ghetto in Lodz in 1941 and she finally freed by British soldiers in 1945 from Bergen-Belsen. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)

Berlin celebrates postwar visitor program for expelled Jews

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER - Associated Press

This photo provide by the Berlin Zoo on Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, female Panda Meng Meng holds one of her new panda twins at the Berlin Zoo. Female Panda Meng Meng gave birth to two panda babies in Berlin Zoo on Saturday evening Aug. 31, 2019. (Zoo Berlin/Zoologischer Garten Berlin via AP)

Berlin panda babies thriving _ and cute _ at 2 weeks old

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German police conduct human trafficking raids, detain 9

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Hong Kong soccer fans turn their back and boo the Chinese national anthem as they chant &quot;Hong Kong is not China&quot; during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup 2023 Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 2 soccer match between Hong Kong and Iran, in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. The crowd broke out into &quot;Glory to Hong Kong,&quot; a song reflecting their campaign for more democratic freedoms in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Lam assures investors Hong Kong can rebound from protests

By EILEEN NG - Associated Press

This photo provide by the Berlin Police Department on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, shows a 48-year-old Russian man arrested shortly after the fatal shooting of a 40-year-old Georgian last month. Berlin police are asking the public to come forward with possible witness observations regarding a suspect in a brazen daylight killing in the heart of the German capital that may have had ties to Russian intelligence. ( Polizei Berlin/dpa via AP)

Group: We warned Germany of Russia threats to slain Georgian

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Election workers open one of the ballot boxes during the procedure for counting votes in a polling station, the secondary school Buehlau, in Dresden, eastern Germany, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019. The citizens of the German states Saxony and Brandenburg elected their new parliament during this day. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

German far-right savors election success, eyes power

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

Germany mum on Russian killing suspect’s reported spy links

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Top candidate of right-wing party Alternative for Germany, AfD, for the elections at the federal state Brandenburg Andreas Kalbitz, right, is embraced by AfD Thuringia chairman Bjoern Hoecke at an election party in Werder, near Potsdam, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019. The citizens of the German federal states Saxony and Brandenburg elected their new parliament. ( Gregor Fischer/dpa via AP)

Alternative for Germany election surge hits Angela Merkel Christian Democratic Union

By Jabeen Bhatti and Eros Banaj - Special to The Washington Times

Russia: No involvement in Berlin daytime slaying of Georgian

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Germany in touch with Romania on child-abuse investigation

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, July 31, 2019, file photo, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during the first meeting of the National Policing Board at the Home Office in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)

Germany’s Merkel dangles possibility of negotiated Brexit

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press