
DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 13: Sigmar Gabriel (C), new Chairman designate of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), outgoing Chairman Franz Muentefering (L) and SPD Bundestag faction leader Franz-Walter Steinmeier observe a moment of silence for deceased party members at the SPD party congress on November 13, 2009 in Dresden, Germany. Party delegates are to vote on the new party leadership, including on Gabriel's chairmanship, later in the day. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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