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The Hindu Explains: Mohamed Nasheed, Berlin Wall, and why a moon trip failed to take off

February 10, 2018 08:16 pm | Updated November 28, 2021 08:01 am IST

BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 05: A musician plays with an instrument in front of the Berlin Wall at the East Side Gallery on February 5, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. Today has been 10,316 days since the Berlin Wall officially fell, the same number of days that it stood between 1961 and 1989. The Berlin Wall, built by the communist authorities of East Germany, divided capitalist West Berlin from communist East Berlin and came to symbolize the Cold War between the western Allies, led by the United States, and the Eastern Bloc, led by the Soviet Union. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)

BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 05: A musician plays with an instrument in front of the Berlin Wall at the East Side Gallery on February 5, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. Today has been 10,316 days since the Berlin Wall officially fell, the same number of days that it stood between 1961 and 1989. The Berlin Wall, built by the communist authorities of East Germany, divided capitalist West Berlin from communist East Berlin and came to symbolize the Cold War between the western Allies, led by the United States, and the Eastern Bloc, led by the Soviet Union. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)

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BENGALURU, KARNATAKA: 24/01/2018: GOLDEN HARVEST Farm workers carry out winnowing operations to separate the ragi (finger millet) grains from the chaff on the outskirts of Bengaluru, at Bettadasanapura, on January 24, 2018. Ragi harvest is currently on in Karnataka, the largest producer of the millet and prices of the cereal in the wholesale markets are ruling between Rs 1800-2500 a quintal across the state. The Karnataka Government is procuring ragi from farmers by giving a bonus of Rs 400 per quintal over and above the minimum support price of Rs 1900 per quintal to distribute the grains under the public distribution scheme, mainly in the Southern and Central districts of the state. Photo: K. Murali Kumar

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Models of the unmanned lunar rovers developed by 'Team Indus' sit at the organisation's lunar mission command and control centre during a demonstration to the media held at 'Team Indus' facility in Bangalore on October 5, 2017. Representatives and judging panel of Google Lunar X Prize (GLXP) visited Team Indus, a for-profit organisation which is building the world's first private mission to the moon to review and access the progress. TeamIndus is the official Indian team in the world’s largest competition to send a robotic explorer to the Moon in an attempt to win the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize announced in 2007. / AFP PHOTO / MANJUNATH KIRAN

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BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 05: Vsitor passing a painting at the Berlin Wall at the East Side Gallery on February 5, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. Today has been 10,316 days since the Berlin Wall officially fell, the same number of days that it stood between 1961 and 1989. The Berlin Wall, built by the communist authorities of East Germany, divided capitalist West Berlin from communist East Berlin and came to symbolize the Cold War between the western Allies, led by the United States, and the Eastern Bloc, led by the Soviet Union. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)

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