On the evening of November 9, 1989, I was watching TV.

The Berlin Wall was coming down, and I was flabbergasted. picked by suebe 7 months ago

Most people can see the obvious fact that there were numerous factors that combined to the Berlin Wall's fall. Still some try to find The One reason. Here are some that have been named such. picked by 2manyusernames 3 weeks ago

Margaret Thatcher, unlike Reagan was of the opinion that a unified Germany was not in the best interest of Europe and tried her best to prevent it from happening. picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

British and Iranian archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a 200 kilometre-long wall, the second longest wall in Asia after the Great Wall of China, in northern Iran. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

As of 3:30 pm PST, Russian officials say 78 bodies of miners have been recovered from the mine site explosion in Siberia, but fear casualities will increase. picked by indierockcafe 3 years ago

News At Seven automatically gathers news with relevant images, videos and opinions from blogs and combines them into a virtual newscast. picked by TheStep 3 years ago

Reagan deliberately confronted criminal regimes with what they fear most: the publicly spoken truth about their moral weakness. All the experts tried to get Reagan to drop those 4 famous words from his June 12, 1987, Berlin speech. picked by 2manyusernames 3 weeks ago

Very interesting, very different social news site for strange, funny, scandalous and generally non-boring news. picked by norequest 3 years ago

One in seven Germans want the Berlin Wall back because they were better off when the country was divided.

How very German of them. picked by proverb 2 months ago

Silly & wierd news clips from around the world - Ex. A brothel in Germany hopes to capitalize on the growing number of retirees by offering them a 50 percent discount in the afternoon. picked by susiesunshine 3 years ago

The Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University: "TV election news has been hardest on Hillary Clinton this fall." The study also found that "Fox News Channel's evening news show provided more balanced coverage than its counterparts on the broadcast networks." picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

From story:
"He chose a 42-inch katana, a Japanese samurai sword, and went inside to confront Lee Alexander, a 25-year-old ranch hand from Polk County who was convicted in 2000 of a lewd and lascivious act on a person under 16. Less than 15 minutes later, Alexander was dead." picked by indierockcafe 3 years ago

A German woman mauled by three polar bears after she leapt into the moat surrounding their pen at a Berlin zoo was apparently suicidal after a string of setbacks, a newspaper reports. Update on this post. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

News Corp chairman plans to charge readers of the websites of all his newspapers within the next 12 months.

Will this work? Doomed to failure I think. picked by topofall 4 months ago

Following the revelations about phone tapping by The News Of The World made in the Guardian, police are now investigating 3000 potential incidents perpetrated by the scandal rag. Luckily for them, most of the work will have been done in the investigation they previously suppressed. picked by pocksucket 5 months ago

No one likes to give bad news. What if there was a better way to give out bad news? What if there was a robot that could tell people things they didn't want to hear? picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

Think the news is boring? Well here is a site that may change your mind. It is a community driven experience – imagine fantasy sports meets the evening news. Roleplaying, prediction of real world events and more are combined into a new fun learning experience. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Tuesday saw one of the worst days on Wall Street since the terrorist attacks on Sept.11, it was not any one thing firstly there was a decline in the Chinese stocks there was also trouble closer to home picked by danswayuk 3 years ago

Scott Moore is in charge of news at Yahoo! Broadcast television still reaches more people in a single hour; 6 million viewers at a time will tune in to the CBS Evening News. But over the course of a month, the online portals are providing news to more people. picked by hisidea 2 years ago

This Japanese climbing wall uses picture frames, conventional holds, mirrors, and a deer’s head as climbing holds. picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago