John Simpson Returns to 1989 - part three

Published: Dec. 25, 2009, 10:05 a.m.

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Twenty years ago, on November 9th, the Berlin Wall came tumbling down.\\nThe greatest symbol of the Cold War, which many never dreamt they would see disappear, was overwhelmed by people power.\\nThis momentous event precipitated largely peaceful revolutions across Eastern Europe as people shook off 40 years of communism.\\nThe BBC\\u2019s World Affairs Editor John Simpson, experienced it at first hand.\\nHe was in the thick of the action for the gun battles in Bucharest, Romania.\\nTaking Romania as an example, John looks are the re-integration of Central and Eastern Europe into Europe as a whole and asks how well has the process has been managed.

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