Roland Koch, Governor of Hesse, Jens Boehrnsen, Mayor of Bremen, Ole von Beust, Mayor of Hamburg, Erwin Sellering, Governor of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Juergen Ruettgers, Governor of Northrhine-Westphalia and Christian Wulff, Governor of Lower Saxony (second line L-R) and Horst Seehofer, Governor of Bavaria, Wolfgang Boehmer, Governor of Saxony Anhalt, Kurt Beck, Governor of Rhineland-Palatinate, Stanislaw Tillich, Governor of Saxony and Klaus Wowereit, Mayor of Berlin (first line L-R) pose for the media prior to a Governors meeting in Mainz October 30, 2009. Reuters Pictures 4 weeks ago

Roland Koch, Governor of Hesse, Jens Boehrnsen, Mayor of Bremen, Ole von Beust, Mayor of Hamburg, Erwin Sellering, Governor of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Juergen Ruettgers, Governor of Northrhine-Westphalia and Christian Wulff, Governor of Lower Saxony (second line L-R) and Horst Seehofer, Governor of Bavaria, Wolfgang Boehmer, Governor of Saxony Anhalt, Kurt Beck, Governor of Rhineland-Palatinate, Stanislaw Tillich, Governor of Saxony and Klaus Wowereit, Mayor of Berlin (first line L-R) pose for the media prior to a Governors meeting in Mainz October 30, 2009.

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  2. MUNICH, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 20: Bavaria's state governor Horst Seehofer (R) and his wife Karin wave from a horse coachduring the traditional riflemen's parade on September 20, 2009 in Munich, Germany. The riflemen's parade marks day 2 of the Munich Oktoberfest beer festival.
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  5. MUNICH, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 19: Munich's mayor Christian Ude (L) and Seehofer, head of the Christian Social Union (CSU), drink the first beer at the Schottenhamel beer tent on September 19, 2009 in Munich, Germany. Oktoberfest is Germany's and the world largest fair. About six million people attend the sixteen-day festival during late September and early October.
  6. MUNICH, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 19: Munich's mayor Christian Ude (L) and Seehofer, head of the Christian Social Union (CSU), drink the first beer at the Schottenhamel beer tent on September 19, 2009 in Munich, Germany. Oktoberfest is Germany's and the world largest fair. About six million people attend the sixteen-day festival during late September and early October.
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  11. BERLIN - OCTOBER 08: Guido Westerwelle (L), leader of the German Free Democrats (FDP) and German Christian Democrat (CDU) and Governor of the state of Hesse Roland Koch (R) walk together after the second round of coalition negotiations between the FDP and the German Christian Democrats (CDU), as well as the Bavarian sister party to the CDU, the CSU, on October 8, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The CDU and FDP emerged from recent federal elections in Germany together with a clear majority of Bundestag seats and are beginning the process of forming a coalition government.
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  14. HANOVER, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 15: Lower Saxony Governor Christian Wulff and his wife Bettina depart at the conclusion of a memorial service for Hannover 96 goalkeeper Robert Enke prior to Enke's funeral at AWD Arena on November 15, 2009 in Hanover, Germany. Tens of thousands of fans paid their last tribute to Enke, who was also goalie for the German national team, following Enke's suicide on November 10.
  15. Roland Koch, Governor of Hesse, Ole von Beust, Mayor of Hamburg, Erwin Sellering, Governor of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Christian Wulff, Governor of Lower Saxony, Juergen Ruettgers, Governor of Northrhine-Westphalia, Peter Mueller, Governor of Saarland and Peter Harry Carstensen, Governor of Schleswig-Holstein (second line L-R) Jens Boehrnsen, Mayor of Bremen, Horst Seehofer, Governor of Bavaria, Stanislaw Tillich, Governor of Saxony, German President Horst Koehler, Kurt Beck, Governor of Rhineland-Palatinate, Wolfgang Boehmer, Governor of Saxony Anhalt and Klaus Wowereit, mayor of Berlin (first line L-R) pose for the media during a Governors meeting in Mainz October 30, 2009.
  16. Christian Wulff (2ndL), Governor of Lower Saxony and his wife Bettina (L), Ole von Beust (3rdL), mayor of Hamburg and Erwin Sellering (R), Governor of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern leave the Mainz cathedral prior to a Governors meeting in Mainz October 30, 2009.

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