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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2nd R) and joint candidate ...
Feb 19th, 2012
(Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2nd R) and joint candidate for the post of president, former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck (C), attend a news conference with party leaders at the Chancellery in Berlin February 19, 2012. Merkel bowed to pressure on Sunday and agreed to back popular opposition candidate Gauck to become president, averting a political fight that might have distracted her government from solving the euro zone crisis. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS) -
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