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Clinton leaves for Europe, Asia


US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday left for Europe and Asia largely to consult with US partners on curbing North Korea's and Iran's nuclear ambitions as well as on stabilizing Afghanistan.

A plane carrying Clinton and her aides took off from Andrews Air Force Base Andrews Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 4,279 acres (1,732 hectares), central Md., est. 1943. It is the chief military airport of Washington, D.C., as well as the headquarters for the air force's high-priority airlift command.  outside Washington at about 00:15 am (0515 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) See UTC.

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The chief US diplomat was to give a speech in Berlin on Sunday before joining German Chancelor Angela Merkel Angela Dorothea Merkel  (IPA: [ˈaŋɡela doʁoˈteːa ˈmɛɐ̯kəl]) (b.  and other world leaders For a list of heads of state, see .
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 in celebrations on Monday to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

In a preview of her visit, Clinton told a Washington audience on Friday that the wall's fall marked the end of a Cold War era in which the world was divided into clear blocs.
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