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20 years after the wall: Die Spiegel International

This website was created by German newspaper Die Spiegel to provide coverage of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and communism in Europe. In addition to news stories, comment and analysis from journalists, it also offers photographs, interviews and eye witness accounts from Germans.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,k-7540,00.html

 

20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall: Public Sphere Formation

Public Sphere Formation is a special project of the Social Science Research Council. This special feature contains a collection of essays and articles from American academic researchers on the impact of the 1989 revolutions, the fall of the Berlin Wall and collapse of communism in Europe. The site also offers an annotated bibliography of key texts on post-socialist, post-communist transformations.
http://publicsphere.ssrc.org/20th-anniversary-of-the-fall-of-the-wall/

 

Berlin Wall 20 years later: New York Times

This site was created by the New York Times to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. In addition to news stories, comment and analysis from the newspaper, it also provides free access to a selection of original NY times articles from 1989, photographs of events from readers, multimedia slides shows of the construction of the wall and its dismantling. These include eye witness accounts and comment. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website. 
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/b/berlin_wall/in

Twenty Years After Fall Of Berlin Wall: Report Of An International Public Opinion Poll

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Wide dissatisfaction with capitalism: twenty years after fall of Berlin Wall

This site provides free access to a BBC world Service poll conducted by GlobeScan Incorporated and The Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) of the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland. The 27 page report contains the results of a public opinion poll conducted in November 2009. On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and communism in Europe in 1989, it asked citizens from different nations a variety of questions relating to their opinion on the disintegration/ break up of the Soviet Union (USSR), attitudes towards state control of industry and capitalism in general. Information on the methodology of the survey is provided. Participants include individuals in former communist eastern Bloc nations.From Intute.ac.uk

http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/nov09/BBC_BerlinWall_Nov09_rpt.pdf

Pakistan Conflict Monitor

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The Pakistan Conflict Monitor is maintained by the Human Security Report Project at the School for International Studies at Simon Fraser University. It aims to highlight research about conflict and international security relating to Pakistan. This includes coverage of terrorism, Al-Qaeda, fundamental Islam, the links with the Taliban in Afghanistan and more generally government and development initiatives. The site summarises and links to key research data, press releases and reports. Information is generally available from 2009 onwards. http://www.pakistanconflictmonitor.org/

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