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An Indian woman greets German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) with a cloth during her visit to a stall at the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) head office in Mumbai October 31, 2007. Merkel is in India on a four-day official visit. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a business meeting with Indian industrialists in Mumbai October 31, 2007. Merkel urged India, one of the world's biggest polluters, to do more to combat climate change on Tuesday, saying her country was willing to help New Delhi make progress. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe (INDIA)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses a meeting of her Christian Democratic Union party's Women's Group in the northern German town of Braunschweig. Merkel accused the Social Democrats, partners in her "grand coalition," of lurching to the left as they demanded more worker-friendly policies at a party congress Saturday.(AFP/DDP/Nigel Treblin)
Merkel, seen here on 09 October 2007, has accused the Social Democrats, partners in her "grand coalition," of lurching to the left after they called for a rollback of key reforms.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Urban)AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis
German Chancellor Angela Merkel sits beside former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl during a reception of German Red Cross (DRK) in Berlin October 25, 2007. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke (GERMANY)
Look, she taught him how to heil
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore pose for the media before talks in Berlin October 23, 2007. The building in the background is the Reichstag, seat of the German lower house of parliament. REUTERS\Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY)
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) embraces Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel at a meeting of European Union leaders in Lisbon October 18, 2007. Sarkozy and his wife Cecilia are separating by mutual agreement, the president's office said in a statement on October 18, 2007. The announcement ends weeks of speculation about the state of the Sarkozy marriage and follows media reports that the pair secretly saw a judge on Monday to file for divorce. REUTERS/Paul Hanna (PORTUGAL)
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel waves as she arrives to the entrance for the second day of meetings of European Union leaders in Lisbon, October 19, 2007. European Union leaders clinched final agreement on Friday on a treaty to reform the 27-nation bloc's institutions, replacing a defunct constitution and ending a two-year crisis of confidence in Europe's future. REUTERS/Paul Hanna (PORTUGAL)
Angela Merkel, leader of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), receives applause after her speech during "Germany Day" at the annual meeting of the party youth organisation Young Union (Junge Union) in Berlin October 20, 2007. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke (GERMANY)
Angela Merkel, leader of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), receives applause after her speech during the "Germany Day" at the annual meeting of the party youth organisation Young Union (Junge Union) in Berlin October 20, 2007. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke (GERMANY)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel stands in front of the new bridge between Stralsund, northern Germany, and the island of Ruegen, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2007. Merkel opened the spectacular new bridge on Saturday connecting the Baltic Sea island of Ruegen, one of Germany's most popular tourist destinations, with the mainland. The more than 4-kilometer (2-mile) -long road bridge, which cost some euro 125 million (US$178 million), rises high above the Strelasund strait. (AP Photo/Frank Hormann)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, shares a laugh with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the start of the EU summit Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007, in Lisbon, Portugal. (AP Photo / Armando Franca)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel frowns as she walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin (not in the picture) during the German-Russian governmental consultations St. Petersburg Dialogue Forum in Wiesbaden October 15, 2007. REUTERS/Alex Grimm (GERMANY)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, sneezes as she and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend the Petersburg Dialogue at the Kurhaus resort in Wiesbaden, Germany, Monday, Oct. 15, 2007. Putin is on a two-day visit to Germany for talks between Germany and Russia. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel coughs during the German-Russian governmental consultations St. Petersburg Dialogue in Wiesbaden October 15, 2007. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY)
I remember what happened last time someone gave you a shoulder rub...
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel sits on her seat prior to the voting on whether to extend the deployment of German troops within the ISAF forces in Afghanistan, in the Berlin Bundestag parliament on Friday, Oct. 12, 2007. Germany's lower house of parliament on Friday overwhelmingly approved extending the deployment of 3,000 troops and six reconnaissance jets in Afghanistan for another year in the face of mounting public skepticism about the mission. (AP Photo/Fritz Reiss)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel salutes the audience during the meeting of the symposium 'Global Sustainability - A Nobel Cause' in Potsdam October 9, 2007. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and former US President Bill Clinton smile as they wait for the arrival of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Friday, Oct. 5, 2007. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy waves beside UMP political party deputy Patrick Devedjian (L) as they leave the George Mandel college in Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris, October 5, 2007. REUTERS/Michael Sawyer/Pool (FRANCE)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a thumbs-up during her visit to the FIFA house in Johannesburg, October 5, 2007. Merkel was briefed on the state of preparations for the 2010 world cup in South Africa. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA)
Picture provided by German government shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and former South African President Nelson Mandela holding hands at the Nelson Mandela Foundation building in Johannesburg, South Africa, Saturday Oct. 6, 2007. A key aspect of Merkel's visit to South Africa is to share the experiences Germany had of hosting the Soccer World Cup as the country prepares for the 2010 World Cup, the first time the event will be held on the continent. (AP Photo/German Government/Guido Bergmann, Pool)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel smiles during a visit to Tygerberg Hospital near Cape Town October 6, 2007. Merkel is in South Africa as part of her first visit to sub-Saharan Africa. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, talks to six-year-old Masibongo Mzoyi, right, and his mother Nomvuyiseko Mzoyi, not pictured, during her visit to the HIV/AIDS Project HOPE at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007. German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged the world Saturday to take Nelson Mandela's legacy of peace to heart, and described her meeting Saturday with the former South African president as a moving moment. (AP Photo/Carl Fourie)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures during a visit to Tygerberg Hospital near Cape Town October 6, 2007. Merkel is in South Africa as part of her first visit to sub-Saharan Africa. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA)
