SOURCE: AP
3-2-13
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3-2-13
Developer pledges to continue Berlin Wall removal
tags: Communism, AP, BERLIN WALL, EAST GERMANY, PRESERVATIONA German property developer has rejected calls to halt work to remove one of the last remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall, despite angry protests against the plan.
Maik Uwe Hinkel says work to move a 22-meter (yard) section of the 1.3 kilometer (3/4 mile) section of the wall will resume next week...
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