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German Chancellor Angela Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, seen October 30 in Brussels. Merkel will deliver a major speech to the US Congress Tuesday, nearly two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, amid tough questions on Afghanistan and climate change.
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