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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy shake hands after a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives with European People's Party President Wilfried Martens for the 20th Congress of the EPP in Marseille, France, on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy (left) smiles as he greets German Chancellor Angela Merkel prior to their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel responds to questions at a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, about the possibility that Standard & Poor's may downgrade the credit ratings of 15 eurozone countries, including Germany's. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, speak to the media during a joint press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday , Dec. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy waves goodbye to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday as she leaves the Elysee Palace after their meeting in Paris. The two leaders discussed a cohesive plan to help save the euro through stricter oversight of government budgets. The warning by Standard & Poor's of a possible credit downgrade of European nations over the debt crisis came after U.S. financial markets closed Monday. (Associated Press)
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy greets German Chancellor Angela Merkel before their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures during her speech at the German Federal Parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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** FILE ** German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy say goodbye after their meeting in Strasbourg, France, on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech during a budget debate in Berlin on Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced strong opposition Tuesday to talk of "eurobonds" as a way to solve the European debt crisis.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy (center) speaks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during arrivals for the G-20 economic summit in Cannes, France, on Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during arrivals for the G-20 economic summit in Cannes, France, on Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the German parliament on the European debt crisis on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011, at the Reichstag in Berlin. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy give a joint media conference at the European Union summit in Brussels on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at the Chancellery in Berlin on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011, to brief lawmakers on Sunday's European Union summit on the euro financial crisis. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Thursday after a meeting on the financial crisis. Europe's efforts to solve its debt crisis plunged into disarray after Germany and France could not bridge their differences in time for a summit Sunday. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** German Chancellor Angela Merkel (right) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy discuss the European financial crisis on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011, in Berlin. (Associated Press)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel casts her vote on the eurozone bailout fund at the Bundestag in Berlin on Thursday. German lawmakers approved new powers for the fund in a major step toward tackling the bloc's sprawling sovereign debt crisis. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS German President Christian Wulff and Chancellor Angela Merkel welcome Pope Benedict XVI at Berlin's airport on Thursday, the start of a four-day visit.
