Sigmar Gabriel (L), new elected leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) and party secretary general Andrea Nahles attend a party congress in Dresden, November 14, 2009. Germany's Social Democrats, knocked out of government in September, elected former environment minister Sigmar Gabriel as their seventh new leader in the last 10 years on Friday at a tense party congress. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 27 months ago

Sigmar Gabriel (L), new elected leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) and party secretary general Andrea Nahles attend a party congress in Dresden, November 14, 2009. Germany's Social Democrats, knocked out of government in September, elected former environment minister Sigmar Gabriel as their seventh new leader in the last 10 years on Friday at a tense party congress.

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