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Touristen laufen am Mittwoch, 15. Oktober 2008, an der sogenannten East Side Gallery, einem Stueck bemalte Berliner Mauer, in Berlin vorbei. Bis zum zwanzigjaehrigen Jubilaeums des Mauerfalls im November 2009 soll die 1,3 Kilometer lange East Side Gallery mit ihren 105 Bildern instand gesetzt sein. Dafuer werden nach der Betonsanierung die damaligen Mauerkuenstler ihre Bilder wieder herstellen. Im Fruehjahr 1990 hatten 118 Kuenstler aus 21 Laendern die Ueberreste der Mauer mit Wandbildern bemalt. (AP Photo/Herbert Knosowski)--- Tourists walk past one of the most famous paintings of the East Side Gallery as renovation works start in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008. The restoration of the 105 wall paintings of former Berlin Wall is scheduled to be finished for the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall in November 2009. The same 118 artists from 21 countries who created the paintings in 1990 will repaint their pictures after replacement of the concrete surface of the Wall. The image shows former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and former East German leader Erich Honecker kissing by Russian artist Dmitri Vrubel. (AP Photo/Herbert Knosowski)