Hundreds of protesters have forced construction crews to stop work on removing a small section from one of the few remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall to make way for a luxury flats project.

Hundreds of protesters have forced construction crews to stop work on removing a small section from one of the few remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall to make way for a luxury flats project.

EAST GERMAN leader Erich Honecker famously proclaimed in 1989 that the Berlin Wall could remain in place for another 100 years.

A palatial pleasure yacht fitted with swimming pools, salons and, should the winds of war blow, a secret passage and a rocket launching system is up for sale - unless Iraq can prove the vessel built for Saddam Hussein still belongs to the toppled dictator’s entourage.