Germany

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German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich and German Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger were part of a meeting in Berlin this month to discuss the nation's fight against neo-Nazis. (Associated Press)

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Nine Turkish immigrants, including five children, were killed in an apartment fire on Feb. 3, 2008, in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Authorities have reopened the case and suspect it is the work of a small band of neo-Nazis. (Associated Press)

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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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German fashion designer Anke Domaske (right) - with seamstress Tatjana Berthold at their studio in Hanover, Germany - is the designer of an award-winning new textile made entirely from milk that is environmentally friendly and soothing for people with skin allergies. Called "Qmilch," the fabric drapes and folds like silk but can be washed and dried like cotton. (Associated Press)

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A 1971 photo of a woman holding pingpong paddles bearing caricatures of President Nixon and China's Mao Zedong recalls that year's Chinese-U.S. match in Dortmund, Germany, which led to Nixon's historic visit to Beijing. (Associated Press)

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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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A man prays amid a gathering of about 100,000 faithful during the pope's Mass in Freiburg, Germany. The pope Sunday ended his first state visit to his homeland.

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Pope Benedict XVI holds the hand of German president Christian Wulff before departing from the airport in Lahr, north of Freiburg, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI was on a four-day official visit to his homeland Germany. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)