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World leaders past and present on Monday gathered for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, with 100,000 people expected at celebrations to toast a free and united Europe. Chancellor Angela Merkel is hosting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French and Russian presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Dmitry Medvedev and representatives from across the European Union as well as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Brandenburg Gate, the symbol of German unity. Duration: 01:07

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As the world marks the fall of the Berlin Wall on Monday, sections of that infamous barrier are on display in Bordeaux, in the south of France. Shortly after the wall was first breached in November 1989, artists on the eastern side wanted to take up their paint brushes and unleash their pent up emotions on the wall. And they did so with the help of a French businessman. Duration: 01:39

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They're a throwback to a bygone era, but the Soviet statues in Lithuania's Gruto Park still draw a crowd. While for the younger generation, the huge busts of Lenin and Stalin are something of a novelty, for the older park visitors, they're a reminder of 45 years of Soviet occupation. Originally filed on 020709.

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During the momentous events in Berlin in 1989, they worked as news reporters for Russian media. Twenty years on AFPTV talks to two journalists who witnessed first-hand the fall of the Wall and the crumbling of the Soviet Union.

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For nearly 60 years he's been Japan¿s most famous robot. Astro Boy, the celebrated comic strip and cartoon superhero first sketched by manga master Osamu Tezuka, has been given a new lease on life in a 3D Hollywood blockbuster.

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Irish rockers U2 warmed up the German capital with a concert broadcast live during the MTV Europe Music Awards, the first in a series of celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Duration : 00:31

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For nearly 20 years, Reverend Martin Weskott has been saving books printed in the former East Germany from the rubbish heap of history. He stores them in a barn and opens the site up once a week to give people the chance to buy the Communist-era literature. Weskott believes he has sold about one million East German books over the years. Duration: 01:32

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The Little Prince, the intergalactic boy traveler who is part of many peoples' childhoods around the world, is visiting Brazil in a show also honoring his adventuresome creator.

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Several records were broken for artists at Sotheby's New York auction of impressionist and modern art Wednesday, with 181 million dollars in sales, above the pre-auction estimate. 

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Clocks at the reception give the time in Havana and Moscow. Communist leaders look down with thin-lipped smiles from portraits on the wall. At the East Hotel in Berlin, the reminders of East Germany and its authoritarian regime are everywhere. It's a place destined to please "Ostalgie" tourists eager to bunk down in the past. Duration: 01:35

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French artist Henri Matisse used Auguste Rodin, who was 30 year older, as a constant source of inspiration for his sculptures. The Matisse-Rodin exhibition at the Rodin Museum in Paris until the end of February, revisits the link between the two great masters. Duration: 01:45.

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Major Hollywood actors, Jim Carrey, Bob Hoskins and Colin Firth, flipped on the switch for the 50th anniversary of Christmas lights in London on Tuesday night.

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With the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, all eyes are turned on Germany. But in Czechoslovakia too, the non-violent ‘velvet revolution’ of November and December 1989 brought down the Communist regime. Duration: 01:55.

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In 1859, Frenchman Jules Léotard presented the first ever flying trapeze show at Paris’s Cirque d’Hiver. 150 years later, the family-ran circus pays a special homage to the impressive act in a new show called "Festive". The traditional lions, clowns and acrobats are also part of it. Duration: 02:11

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It's been almost one year since the United States elected Barack Obama, its first Afro-American president. Obama's wife Michelle has been very visible by his side. She's known for her style and her engagement in public service. AFPTV looks back at Michelle Obama's first year on the job. 

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For more than 100 years, the Yoruba and Nago peoples of West Africa have performed the gelede, a masked song and dance ceremony recognised by UNESCO as a masterpiece of oral cultural heritage. It's performed to mark major events -- in particular the annual harvest --but also plays an important role in society. Duration: 02:18.

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A part of Manhattan and Hollywood stars moved to Qatar with the glittering opening on Thursday night of the inaugural "Doha Tribeca Film Festival." Martin Scorsese and Ben Kingsley were among the stars who graced the digital red carpet at the entrance of the new Islamic Museum of Doha, designed by Chinese-American architect Ieoh Ming Pei.

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For nearly 20 years, Reverend Martin Weskott has been saving books printed in the former East Germany from the rubbish heap of history. He stores them in a barn and opens the site up once a week to give people the chance to buy the Communist-era literature. Weskott believes he has sold about one million East German books over the years. Duration: 01:32

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After years of curfews and the dangers of the night, Baghdad's residents are starting to step out for evening entertainment. For the first time since the war in 2003, the National Theatre has raised its curtains for shows after dark. Duration: 02:02

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Charting the King of Pop's rise from Motown child star to global icon, 'Michael Jackson - The Official Exhibition', being held at London's O2 music venue, promises to give fans a unique glimpse into the life of a legend. Of the 200 items on show are the singer's personal Rolls Royce, an original Jackson 5 contract and, of course, one of his signature sequined gloves. Duration: 01:32

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Michael Jackson fans around the world wore zombie costumes and struck scary poses in a bid to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for the greatest number of people simultaneously dancing to his song "Thriller." Images from Montreal, Istanbul and Gourin, France. Duration: 01:26

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After surviving an explosion while serving in Iraq, retired army Sergeant Richard Yarosh, 27, was left severely disfigured, his face covered in scar tissue. Now his portrait is hanging in the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Duration: 00:33

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Michael Jackson fans around the world wore zombie costumes and struck scary poses in a bid to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for the greatest number of people simultaneously dancing to his song "Thriller." Images from Montreal, Istanbul and Gourin, France.

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The Flemish masters, painters who shook the art world with their vivid representation of everyday people and life, are under the spotlight at a Paris exhibition.

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After surviving an explosion while serving in Iraq, retired army Sergeant Richard Yarosh, 27, was left severely disfigured, his face covered in scar tissue. Now, his portrait is hanging in the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.

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Brian May, the Queen guitarist and expert astronomer, has ventured into another dimension, bringing the idyllic world of 1850s rural England back to life in vivid colour 3D. The 62-year-old rock star's childhood fascination with three-dimensional pictures set him on a lifetime's quest to find an unknown village captured by the equally mysterious Victorian photographer T. R. Williams.