Two decades after the Berlin Wall, BBC Mundo looks at barriers which are still standing.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/world/2009/walls_around_the_world/default.stm

On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, BBC Mundo looks at barriers which are still standing - or have gone up since - around the world.

WALLS STILL STANDING

West Bank

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8342764.stm

Northern Ireland

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8342874.stm

Saudi Arabia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8342890.stm

Melilla and Ceuta

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8342923.stm

Cyprus

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8343094.stm

Pakistan-Iran

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8343138.stm

Rio de Janiero

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8343311.stm

Mexico-US

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8343278.stm

India-Pakistan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8343260.stm

Korean border

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8343172.stm

Western Sahara

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8343241.stm

Iraq-Kuwait

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8343505.stm

Botswana-Zimbabwe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8343505.stm

Some of these walls are very well known and others I had never heard of before.

[auditguy]

1. one point on differences between types of walls

The Berlin Wall was constructed to prevent people from leaving a place they were unhappy to go to a place the expected to be happier. The walls on the West bank and between the US & Mexico (such as it is) were constructed by nations to prevent people from entering without following legal processes. The wall on the West Bank is also intended to keep people from murdering children.

There is no valid comparison between the purpose of the Berlin Wall and that of the other two walls.