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Merkel named first female chancellor in Germany
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-11-22 19:00
Christian Democrat (CDU) leader and German
Chancellor-elect Angela Merkel (L) laughs while sitting next to CDU party
member Norbert Roettger, after being elected during a parliamentary
meeting in Berlin November 22, 2005. Merkel was elected Germany's first
woman chancellor on Tuesday in a parliamentary vote that ends months of
political uncertainty and puts her atop a fragile coalition that must
prove it can revive the economy.
[Reuters] |
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