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Germany marks 20 years as reunified nation

Germany has been celebrating the 20th anniversary of its reunification.

Chancellor Angela Merkel led the official celebrations, hosted by the northern city of Bremen and attended by tens of thousands of people.

Capitalist West and communist East Germany merged on 3 October 1990, nearly a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall which divided them.

Sunday is also the day Germany makes the last payment on debt stemming from reparations imposed after World War I....
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