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GERMANY

Mark fall of Berlin Wall with resolve, Clinton says

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Europeans and Americans on Sunday to see the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall as a call to action against new global threats.

On the eve of celebrations marking 20 years since the collapse of the wall that divided East and West Berlin, Clinton said the hard work that went into ending the Cold War must be channeled to meet fresh challenges, including extremism and climate change.

"Our history did not end the night the wall came down; it began anew," she told a group of U.S. and European dignitaries in Berlin while accepting a Freedom Award on behalf of the American people from the Atlantic Council.

The moment the festivities begin "should be a call to action, not just a commemoration of past actions," Clinton said. "That call should spur us to continue our cooperation and look for new ways that we can meet the challenges that freedom faces now."

"We owe it to ourselves and to those who yearn for the same freedoms that are enjoyed and even taken for granted in Berlin today," she said.

-- Associated Press

AFGHANISTAN

1 American, 2 Britons killed in Taliban bastions

NATO reported Sunday that three more coalition soldiers -- one American and two Britons -- died in combat in the Taliban-infested areas of western and southern Afghanistan. The latest losses pushed Britain's combat death toll in the eight-year-old Afghanistan war to 201.