“The situation is absolutely fragile. We know that the next 18 months will be totally crucial for women’s rights.”
In 2009, President Karzai signed an order to end violence against women but the national assembly has not yet approved it. Two months ago, strong criticism stopped debate on the law after only 15 minutes. I’m Milagros Ardin
Tourists take photos of Berlin Wall, March 2, 2013.
It’s As It Is from VOA Learning English.
Remembering a Grim Symbol of the Cold War
“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” [Crowd cheers]
That was U.S. President Ronald Reagan, standing at the Brandenburg Gate, in what was then West Berlin. He was addressing the Soviet Premier, Mikhail Gorbachev. The year was 1987.
The “wall” he was talking about was an ugly symbol of the Cold War – the Berlin Wall.
Berlin had been a divided city since the end of World War Two, when the victorious Allied powers, which included the Soviet Union, partitioned it. Indeed Germany had been a divided country. East Germany was under communist control, and Berlin was a part of East Germany.
West Berlin was a prosperous western-style democracy. East Berlin was under the control of a communist government with strong ties to the Soviet Union. But people could travel freely between the eastern and western sectors.
Many chose to leave the communist area for a better life. The outflow included professionals, who were hard to replace.
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