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The article discusses a controversy involving journalists Riccardo Ehrman and Peter Brinkmann. At a November, 1989 press conference East German official Gunter Schabowski's confused answers to questions about the status of travel abroad for East Germans lead to events that permanently opened the Berlin Wall. Both Ehrman and Brinkmann claim to be the journalist who elicited Schabowski's responses.

The article discusses a plastic-foam replica of the Berlin Wall being assembled in Germany. In November of 2009 the domino-shaped panels will be positioned where the original wall stood, then toppled to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's breaching. Event organizer Moritz van Dulmen notes that the 1989 event had global consequences.

The article discusses resistance on the part of certain residents of Berlin, Germany, to a proposal to close the Tempelhof airport there. Tempelhof was where planes carrying food and supplies from the U.S. and other allies landed during the Soviet blockade of 1948-1949. Supporters of Tempelhof are trying to compel a referendum on the matter.

The article reports on the participation of several international leaders in the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in Germany on November 9, 2009. The international leaders included U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Many people attended concerts at the Brandenburg Gate, where the late U.S. President Ronald Reagan made a speech calling for former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the wall.

The article recalls the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989 and its contribution to reunity of the Europe and the development of capitalism over communism. It attributes the collapse of the Berlin wall to the actions taken by ordinary people who fought for freedom and rebuild their lives over the next two decades. It cites the increased consumption of McDonald's products by eastern Germans upon the opening of the border. McDonald's owner Klaus Rader sold his business and invested his money in the Italian restaurant chain Vapiano.

Reports on a political art exhibit in Berlin, Germany. Details of the exhibit, entitled 'White 104'; How the exhibit combines a historic site with washing machines, symbolizing the whitewashing of history; How people visit the exhibit in order to do their laundry for free.

Reports on what remains of the Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany as of September 1999. How the Berlin Wall is viewed by residents of Berlin; Length of the wall that remains standing; When it was first erected; The debate over what part of the wall to preserve and how to do it.