Read more reunification stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/20626/reunification.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:23:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69104/thatcher-urged-gorbachev-to-block-german-reunification.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMargaret Thatcher called on Mikhail Gorbachev to halt German reunification months before the Berlin Wall came down, newly unearthed Kremlin documents reveal. Thatcher—telling the Soviet leader he should disregard NATO pronouncements on the issue—said the breakdown of the Warsaw Pact wasn't in the interests of the West, the...http://www.newser.com/story/69104/thatcher-urged-gorbachev-to-block-german-reunification.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 2:06:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64598/20-years-later-berlin-starts-saving-wall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter many years of indifference, Berliners have started getting serious about saving what's left of the most famous symbol of the Cold War, Der Spiegel reports. When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, locals viewed it as merely an unfortunate reminder of a bad past and little thought was given...http://www.newser.com/story/64598/20-years-later-berlin-starts-saving-wall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Jul 2009 1:46:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63521/poll-half-of-east-germans-positive-on-communism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThey may not be pining for the Stasi or the Trabant, but half of people recently polled in the former East Germany are thinking, in hindsight, that Communism wasn't so bad after all, Der Speigel reports. Nearly 20 years after the Berlin Wall came down, the poll finds that 49%...http://www.newser.com/story/63521/poll-half-of-east-germans-positive-on-communism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 04 Jul 2009 7:20:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/42495/n-korea-to-shut-border-with-south.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNorth Korea says it will cut access to South Korea on Dec. 1, by closing the border and severing the sole civilian phone link between the two nations, the BBC reports. The North has grown increasingly hostile to the South since it elected President Lee Myung-bak, who promised to “get...http://www.newser.com/story/42495/n-korea-to-shut-border-with-south.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Nov 2008 13:45:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38059/kims-death-unlikely-to-breed-chaos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith Kim Jong Il conspicuously out of the public eye in recent months, some speculate that his death could shatter the North Korean government and precipitate humanitarian and possibly military crises. But the reality of succession, Philip Bowring writes in the International Herald Tribune , is likely to be far more...http://www.newser.com/story/38059/kims-death-unlikely-to-breed-chaos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Sep 2008 12:49:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31632/us-embassy-returns-to-berlins-heart.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the July 4 backdrop, the US opened its new embassy in Berlin today, bringing to a close a project planned since reunification. The new facility stands near the historic Brandenburg Gate, the same location as its pre-World War II predecessor. But, the New York Times reports, the building has...http://www.newser.com/story/31632/us-embassy-returns-to-berlins-heart.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Jul 2008 15:00:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27480/helmut-kohl-78-marries-girlfriend-in-hospital.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHelmut Kohl, the chancellor first of West Germany and then of a reunified Federal Republic, has married at the age of 78. But the wedding, to an economist 30 years his junior, took place in a hospital amid fears that he is in deteriorating health. As the Independent reports, Kohl's...http://www.newser.com/story/27480/helmut-kohl-78-marries-girlfriend-in-hospital.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 May 2008 14:34:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22186/cyprus-will-resume-unity-talks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLeaders of the Greek and Turkish portions of Cyprus said today they will restart negotiations on reunification of the Mediterranean island, Reuters reports. Dimitris Christofias, recently elected leader of Greek Cyprus, and Mehmet Ali Talat, who represents Turkish Cyprus, also announced that Ledra Street, a key shopping avenue long shut...http://www.newser.com/story/22186/cyprus-will-resume-unity-talks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Mar 2008 14:25:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20052/communist-cyprus-prez-to-work-within-free-market.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew President Dimitris Christofias' win in Cyprus makes him the first Communist ever to lead an EU state—but he has pledged to work within the free market, reports the Guardian . His party has a Marxist manifesto, but analysts say that Christofias is a pragmatist whose policies are more social...http://www.newser.com/story/20052/communist-cyprus-prez-to-work-within-free-market.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 26 Feb 2008 4:00:00 CST