Wall comes down again at Berlin benefit concert
About 200000 rock fans watched a large plastic wall collapse at a late-night Pink Floyd The Wall tribute in Potsdamer Platz East Berlin. Stars Cyndi Lauper Sinead O Connor Joni Mitchell and Roger Waters headlined the six hour show to raise funds for disaster victims. The event drew ticket sales of 180000 and many attendees crowded the no-man’s land near the former death strip amid wind dust and sound issues.
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Eritrean rebels and Ethiopian govt talks delayed to August
Yemen host talks between Ethiopia and Eritrean rebel factions were postponed to August 15. Eritreans sought UN supervised plebiscite in northern Ethiopia, a move Addis Ababa rejected as internal. Yemen had earlier hosted a first round and Carter mediated talks.
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