6/04/2009

Angie has a drink


German Chancellor Angela Merkel takes a drink of beer, after her speech at a beer festival tent in Unterschleissheim near Munich, southern Germany, on Monday, June 1, 2009. Angela Merkel visited an election campaign event of the German Christian Social Union Party (CSU).(AP Photo/Christof Stache)

Heil


German Chancellor Angela Merkel waves after giving a speech at a rally of the Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) for the upcoming European Parliament elections in the eastern German town of Goerlitz June 3, 2009.REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY POLITICS)

5/22/2009

Triple Heil


German President Horst Koehler (first row L), his wife Eva Luise, Chancellor Angela Merkel (second row) and husband Joachim Sauer, President of Germany's upper house of parliament Peter Mueller, President of Germany's lower house of parliament Norbert Lammert and Germany's Constitutional Court pose Hans-Juergen Papier arrive for a group picture in Berlin, May 22, 2009. Today Germany marks it's 60th anniversary of the postwar nation and the installation of the German Federal Republic with its pioneering constitution Grundgesetz on May 23, 1949.REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY)

5/15/2009

Sing it, Sarko


French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and France's Health Minister Roselyne Bachelot, right, sing the national anthem before the French Cup final soccer match between Rennes and Guingamp at the Stade de France in Saint Denis, outside Paris, Saturday, May 9, 2009.(AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Angry Angie


German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, attend a German-French friendship meeting of the Jungen Union, the youth organization of Germany's Christian Democrats, in Berlin on Sunday, May 10, 2009.(AP Photo / Markus Schreiber)

Still friends


A combination of three pictures shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel receiving a kiss from French President Nicolas Sarkozy after her speech in Berlin May 10, 2009. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (GERMANY POLITICS)

Angie plays peek-a-boo with soldier



German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) poses with actors dressed as Roman Legion soldiers during the opening of the Varus Battle (Varusschlacht) museum in Bramsche, May 15, 2009. The museum depicts the so-called 'Battle of Teutoburg' or 'Varus Battle' where extensive fighting and subsequent defeat of Roman troops by an alliance of Germanic tribes took place some 2000 years ago.REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY)

5/05/2009

Angie makes a new friend


German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, right, turn after they took the wrong direction to be welcomed with military honors in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Aso is on a one-day visit to Germany.(AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

4/22/2009

Interested Angie


German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts, during a visit to the Siemens booth, at the industrial fair in Hanover, Germany, Monday, April 20, 2009. 6,150 exhibitors from more than 60 countries will participate in the world's largest fair for industrial technology from April 20 to April 24, 2009. South Korea is partner country of this year's fair.(AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach)

4/13/2009

NOT like mother like daughter



Marisa Bruni-Tedeschi, the mother of France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy attends the first edition of Virginio Bruni-Tedeschi sailing trophy in Cavaliere, southern France, April 11, 2009.REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE POLITICS SPORT YACHTING HEADSHOT)

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Angie reviews the troops


German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks with members of the German army Bundeswehr in Kunduz, April 6, 2009. Merkel arrived in Afghanistan on Monday on a surprise trip to visit German troops there, a government spokesman said.REUTERS/Michael Kappeler/Pool (AFGHANISTAN MILITARY POLITICS)

3/30/2009

Big problems for Angie


German Chancellor Angela Merkel listens during a debate on federal reform in the German parliament in Berlin, Friday, March, 27, 2009.(AP Photo/Franka Bruns)

3/25/2009

Angie's not happy


German Chancellor Angela Merkel, front right, shares a word with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, front left, during a group photo at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday March 19, 2009. European Union leaders open a summit Thursday fighting over a euro 5 billion recovery plan for new power grids and green energy and raising questions whether the hundreds of billions they are spending is enough to rescue their recession-hit economy. Standing rear left is Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip and right is Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen.(AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

3/19/2009

Heiling all alone


German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts as a member of parliament calls her during a session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, March 19, 2009. Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that Germany had spent more than many other countries to boost its economy and would wait until the impact of these steps was clear before considering more stimulus.REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY POLITICS)

3/10/2009

She's a Barbie Girl


A German Chancellor Angela Merkel Barbie doll, is displayed during an event at a department store in Hamburg March 9, 2009. Barbie has chosen to honour and recognise Chancellor Merkel as a very modern role model for girls around the world. The Barbie doll which debuted on March 9, 1959, celebrated its 50th anniversary worldwide on Monday.REUTERS/Christian Charisius (GERMANY)