BERLIN, April 27 (UPI) -- A referendum aimed at saving Tempelhof Airport, which played a key role in the Berlin Airlift in 1948, failed Sunday because of low turnout, officials said.

BERLIN, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Forty-six years ago on Monday, East German soldiers began building the Berlin Wall that would part a city in two and become the symbol of the Cold War. The wall's anniversary coincides with new revelations over ordered killings and spy missions of the Communist regime's secret police.

BERLIN, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The groundbreaking ceremony for the Berlin Brandenburg International airport has taken place amid controversy and after years of delay.

BERLIN, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- German officials marked the 45th anniversary Sunday of the beginning of construction on the Berlin Wall.

BERLIN, July 14 (UPI) -- Germany's top World Cup official, Juergen Kiessling, has died, four days after reportedly shooting himself in the head, says the BBC.

BERLIN, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Berlin officials have backed a movement to have the city's Jewish cemetery declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

BERLIN, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- A new Berlin production of "Cabaret," a musical set in 1929 Germany, reportedly unnerved the audience with its Nazi overtones and racial slurs.

BERLIN, April 28 (UPI) -- Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit has spoken out in favor of a tough police response to this year's installment of the city's annual May 1 anarchist riots.