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World leaders congratulate Merkel on election win

Source: The Local
Berlin : Germany | about 1 month ago  
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  • German Chancellor Merkel is given her ballot paper for the German general election at a polling station in Berlin
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  • A combination of pictures of SPD candidate for chancellor Steinmeier and his wife on their way to a polling station in Berlin
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  • A sign leading to a polling station is pictured during the German general election in Berlin
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  • Steinmeier, German Foreign Minister and candidate for chancellor of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) casts his ballot in the general election at a polling station in Berlin
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  • SPD candidate for chancellor Steinmeier gives interview outside polling station in Berlin
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  • CDU leader and German Chancellor Merkel is cheered by supporters as she arrives for a CDU party board meeting in Berlin
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  • Election officials wait for voters inside a polling station during in the German general election in Berlin
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  • German Chancellor Merkel casts her ballot in the German general election at a polling station in Berlin
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  • SPD candidate for chancellor Steinmeier casts his ballot at polling station in Berlin
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  • SPD candidate for chancellor Steinmeier casts ballot at polling station in Berlin
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  • Steinmeier, German Foreign Minister and candidate for chancellor of the SPD arrives at a polling station to cast his vote in Berlin
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  • Voter casts his ballot in the German general election at polling station in Berlin
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  • A voter casts his ballot in the German general election at a polling station in Berlin
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  • A voter casts her ballot in the German general election at a polling station in Berlin
    A voter casts her ballot in the German general election at a polling ...
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  • A man casts her vote in the German general election at a polling station in Berlin
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  • CDU leader and German Chancellor Merkel stands with CDU secretary general Pofalla, Wanka and Hesse federal state premier Koch before a CDU party board meeting in Berlin
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  • CDU leader and German Chancellor Merkel smiles after receiving a bunch of flowers prior a CDU party board meeting in Berlin
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  • Steinmeier, German Foreign Minister and candidate for chancellor of the SPD and his wife Elke leave their house to cast their vote in Berlin
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  • SPD candidate for chancellor Steinmeier and his wife wait at red trafic light on their way to a polling station in Berlin
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  • A woman casts her vote in the German general election at a polling station in Berlin
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  • CDU leader and Chancellor Merkel and her husband Joachim Sauer leave their apartment on their way to a polling station for the general election in Berlin
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  • SPD candidate for chancellor Steinmeier and his wife pass green trafic light on their way to a polling station in Berlin
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  • Supporters pass an election campaign poster showing German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin
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German Chancellor Merkel is given her ballot paper for the German ...
Obama said he looked "forward to continued close cooperation with Chancellor Merkel to address our common challenges in the years ahead," a White House statement said. "The United States and Germany are close allies, and partner together around the world to promote freedom, security and prosperity,"...
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  • News Source: The Local | about 1 month ago
    Obama said he looked "forward to continued close cooperation with Chancellor Merkel to address our common challenges in the years ahead," a White House statement said. "The United States and Germany are close allies, and partner together around the...
  • News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner | about 1 month ago
    AP Photo/Herbert Knosowski) German Chancellor Angela Merkel, front, leads a party executive meeting of her Christian Democrats, CDU, in Berlin, Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, a day after the German general elections. Merkel, 55, who was voted back into...
  • News Source: Seattle Times | about 1 month ago
    Chancellor Angela Merkel has vowed to press ahead quickly with forming a new center-right German government following her election victory. Sunday's election gave the conservative Merkel a second four-year term. It allows her to dump her "grand...
  • News Source: BBC | about 1 month ago
    43 UK time, Monday, 28 September 2009 It is strange in the aftermath of a campaign, when a candidate has been examined and dissected, that the basic questions are still being asked on the day after. But with victory secure and with a new coalition...
  • News Source: The Age | about 1 month ago
    Frankfurt's DAX 30 climbed 0.49 percent to 5,608.75 points and in Paris the CAC 40 shed 0.29 percent to 3,728.47 nearing the half-way mark. The DJ Euro Stoxx 50 index of top eurozone shares retreated 0.18 percent to 2,826.74 points. Merkel set to...
  • News Source: Open Democracy | about 1 month ago
    She secured a mandate to form a new coalition with the pro-business Liberal Democrats (FDP, 14.6 percent), which will succeed a "grand coalition" with the Social Democrats (SPD). Focusing on economic reform, tax cuts and a return to nuclear power,...
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  • Blog Source: eye-on-the-world.blogspot.com
    "We have achieved our goal of gaining a stable majority for a new government," a beaming Merkel told cheering supporters in Berlin. "I want to be the chancellor of all Germans, so that things improve for our country." ...
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    Merkel wins German election. September 28, 2009. merkel Angela Merkel has declared victory in Germany's general election, with voters handing the chancellor her preferred centre-right coalition. “We have achieved something great. We have achieved
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    German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her preferred partner, the Free Democrats (FDP), claimed victory in the general election here on Sunday ant the two parties will form a new coalition government. Merkel's conservative party ...
  • Blog Source: www.huliq.com
    No need to wait anymore to learn about the German election results. Angela Merkel appears to be the winner of the 2009 elections in Germany. The German Chancellor announced victory for a new coalition of her conservative Christian ...
  • Blog Source: community.livejournal.com
    The SPD have shared power with Mrs Merkel's CDU/CSU in an awkward grand coalition since the last elections in 2005. An exit poll for ZDF television gave the CDU/CSU 33.5%, SPD 23.5% and the FDP, Mrs Merkel's preferred partners, 14.5%. ...
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