From the New York Times on Michael Barbaro, this is the Daily.

Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been elected to a fourth term with no real

challenger and with support from more than three quarters of Russian voters.

How the most powerful man in Russia holds on to power.

It's Tuesday, March 20.

From ABC, this is World News Tonight with Peter Jennings reporting tonight from Berlin.

From the Berlin Walls specifically, take a look at them.

They've been there since last night.

It's the fall of 1989 and Europe is still divided in the Cold War east and west.

Occasionally they shout, Demaw almost veck the wall must go.

But that's about to end.

Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.

They're bringing down the wall, piece by piece, officials and ordinary citizens.

And in November, the Berlin Wall comes down.

Tonight, citizens from both Germany are singing and dancing on the wall at Seoul.

But some of the celebrants appear to have gone too far.

That's the euphoria spread, the protest spread with it.

Tonight, the people had their revenge.

The people in East Germany were protesting in the lack of freedom they wanted to have

with the West had.

Personal freedom, it was economic freedom, East Germany was such a stifling place.

As they gained momentum, they sort of gained confidence.

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