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![Back to the Wall for heroes of yesterday](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Back to the Wall for heroes of yesterday
Walesa and Gorbachev join Chancellor Merkel on walk of memories.
![Germany: Tug of Wall](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Germany: Tug of Wall
Few places on Earth exist where the future is inextricably linked with the past. Berlin is one, says Sharon Stephenson.
![Life on the other side of the Wall](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Life on the other side of the Wall
Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, author Oliver Fritz reflects on growing up behind the Iron Curtain.
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Boxing: The Beast earns his happy ending
Nobody denies that from the moment Nikolai Valuev turned professional he was promoted as a freak.
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Cindy Crawford: Why I wouldn't make it as a model now
Former supermodel Cindy Crawford says she would have little chance of making it big in the fashion business today with her curvy figure.
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No one wants to look at chubby women, says designer
The fashion industry is about 'dreams and illusions' - and that doesn't include seeing overweight women on the runway, says Karl Lagerfeld.
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Anti-Nazi cabbie denied compo
A Nelson cabbie has been denied compensation after being stood down for refusing to wear a uniform that reminded him of a childhood spent under Nazi occupation.
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NZ ranked 20th in UN quality of life survey
New Zealand has been named the 20th best country for quality of life by a UN report on migration and development.