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A little girl watches a giant mammoth model at the Neanderthal Museum in Mettmann, western Germany, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. A new exhibition shows the giants of the ice age in the famous valley, where the Neanderthal Man was found. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

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The first lady of the United States Michelle Obama (left) serves food to U.S. airmen and their relatives at Ramstein Airbase in Ramstein, Germany, on Nov. 11, 2010. Michelle Obama makes a series of stops within the Kaiserslautern Military Community on Veterans Day to thank U.S. servicemen and women for their work. (Associated Press)

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Phil Mickelson of Britain, left, Tiger Woods of the U.S., second from left, Lee Westwood of Britain, second from right, and Martin Kaymer of Germany, right, strike a pose with swords as they perform the Chinese martial art of taichi on stage against the Pudong Financial District during a photo call in Shanghai, China Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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A cargo plane is loaded at the FedEx distribution center in Cologne, Germany, on Monday. Investigators say packages that terrorists in Yemen attempted to smuggle onto an aircraft in an al Qaeda terrorism plot were moved through Cologne. (Associated Press)

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FILE - The June 25, 2010 file photo shows Paul the octopus in the Sea Life Aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany, while fishing a shell out of a glass box representing Germany, left. The 2-year-old octopus oracle - born in England, but raised in Germany - has predicted a German win over England in there World Cup game. A German news agency reported the octopus that gained world fame by correctly predicting World Cup results has died. The German news agency dapd said Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010 the death of Paul the Octopus was announced by the aquarium in Oberhausen. Paul correctly predicted all games involving Germany, and also picked Spain to win the World Cup final over the Netherlands. (AP Photo/ddp, Volker Hartmann)

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Germany's Martin Kaymer poses with the trophy after his victory during the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews Golf Course, Scotland, Sunday Oct. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Lynne Cameron/PA)

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A bust of Adolf Hitler is pictured in front of a portrait of Hitler during a preview for the exhebition 'Hitler and the Germans - nation and crime' in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. The exhibition runs from Oct. 15, 2010 until Feb. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

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Fireworks illuminate the German Reichstag and the sky above in Berlin on Sunday during a reception marking the 20th anniversary of Germany's reunification. Germany's post-World War II division ended on Oct. 3, 1990, less than a year after the Berlin Wall fell. (Associated Press)

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Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Chancellor Angela Merkel arrive at the Reichstag in Berlin on Sunday for celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of Germany's reunification. (Associated Press)

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German President Christian Wulff (left) and Chancellor Angela Merkel stand in front of the Rathous, or town hall, in Bremen, Germany, before celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of Germany's reunification on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/dapd/David Hecker)

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Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, of Germany talks to a fellow delegate at the summit on the Millennium Development Goals at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Dortmund's Antonio da Silva, center, celebrates after scoring a free kick goal in the very last minute in overtime of the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and TSG Hoffenheim in Dortmund, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010. The match ended in a 1-1 tie. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

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FILE - In this June 30, 1996 file picture Oliver Bierhoff of Germany, celebrates after scoring the winning "Golden Goal" during extra-time to secure the European Soccer Championship against the Czech Republic at Wembley Stadium in London. In 514 matches for club and country, German wunder-forward Oliver Bierhoff scored 226 times. Yet only once did he celebrate by whipping off his shirt: when he left-footed the golden goal that made Germany the European champion in 1996. That winner against the Czech Republic, after just four minutes of extra time, was the first ever golden goal scored in a major international competition. "For sure the most important goal in my career," Bierhoff says. (AP Photo/Santiago Lyon, File)

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Japanese artist Yoko Ono poses in her exhibition in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Sept.10, 2010. Yoko Ono seeks to draw viewers into her latest exhibition, "Das Gift" by asking for their participation in healing the world of violence, embodied by a bullet hole shot through a pane of glass through which viewers are invited to contemplate the space around them. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

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Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard delivers his acceptance speech after receiving the M100 Media Prize 2010 in Potsdam near Berlin, eastern Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Westergaard drew the most controversial of 12 caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, first published in a Danish newspaper in 2005, which many Muslims considered offensive. (AP Photo/Odd Andersen, pool)

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Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, left, is congratulated on his prize by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and the former head of the state-funded body which manages the archives of the former East German secret police Stasi Joachim Gauck, center, after receiving the M100 Media Prize 2010 in Potsdam near Berlin, eastern Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Westergaard drew the most controversial of 12 caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, first published in a Danish newspaper in 2005, which many Muslims considered offensive. (AP Photo/Odd Andersen, pool)

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Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, second left, is congratulated on his prize by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and the former head of the state-funded body which manages the archives of the former East German secret police Stasi Joachim Gauck, second right, as Potsdam's mayor Jann Jakobs looks on after receiving the M100 Media Prize 2010 in Potsdam near Berlin, eastern Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Westergaard drew the most controversial of 12 caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, first published in a Danish newspaper in 2005, which many Muslims considered offensive. (AP Photo/Odd Andersen, pool)

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Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard shows off his award after receiving the M100 Media Prize 2010 in Potsdam near Berlin, eastern Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Westergaard drew the most controversial of 12 caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, first published in a Danish newspaper in 2005, which many Muslims considered offensive. (AP Photo/Odd Andersen, pool)

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Germany's Miroslav Klose, right, and Sascha Yunisoglu of Azerbaijan challenge for the ball during the Euro 2012 Group A qualifying soccer match between Germany and Azerbaijan in Cologne, Germany, Tuesday Sept. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

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Thomas Richter, head of portfolio management for telecommunications, Europe, of Samsung presents the new Samsung Galaxy Tab, a tablet computer to compete with the Apple iPad, right, at IFA, the world's largest trade fair for consumer electronics and electrical home appliances, in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)