German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) holds a piece of pastry as PKM head Michael Fuchs (R) and Marketing Chief of Berlin's Baking Guild Peter Schmitz look on, at a reception of the medium-sized business parliamentary group (PKM) in Berlin, June 30, 2009. Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) holds a piece of pastry as PKM head Michael Fuchs (R) and Marketing Chief of Berlin's Baking Guild Peter Schmitz look on, at a reception of the medium-sized business parliamentary group (PKM) in Berlin, June 30, 2009.

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