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Germany marks 25 years since Berlin Wall’s fall

History • Cultural and economic divisions remain, but unity is represented in leader Angela Merkel, an east-sider.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, looks at German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen, right, and German Labor Minister Andrea Nahles, second right, as she arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, looks at German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen, right, and German Labor Minister Andrea Nahles, second right, as she arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)