German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Thomas Strobl (R), regional party chairman of their CDU party in the southern German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, wave to delegates during a regional convention of their Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party in Heilbronn, southwestern Germany, on September 14, 2013. Germany holds general elections on September 22, 2013. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS KIENZLE (Photo credit should read THOMAS KIENZLE/AFP via Getty Images)
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