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Newly elected Christian Democratic Party (CDU) leader Wolfgang Schaeuble (C) smiles as he sits between Helmut Kohl and newly elected Secretary-General Angela Merkel (R) at the party congress in Bonn, in this file picture taken November 7, 1998. Long committed to the cause of European...

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Newly elected Christian Democratic Party (CDU) leader Wolfgang Schaeuble (C) smiles as he sits between Helmut Kohl and newly elected Secretary-General Angela Merkel (R) at the party congress in Bonn November 7, 1998. For months, markets and the media have focused on the link between...

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US President Bill Clinton (R) presents former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl with the Medal of Freedom in the East Room of the White House on April 20, 1999. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is being awarded with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest US honor that can be bestowed...

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Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (L) is congratulated by former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger after he was awarded with the 'Henry A.Kissinger Prize' by the American Academy in Berlin, May 16, 2011.

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BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 16: Robert Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group, speaks during the Henry A. Kissinger Prize ceremony at the American Academy in Berlin on May 16, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. Kissinger is awarding former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl the prize in recognition of...

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BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 16: Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl is congratulated by former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (R) during the Henry A. Kissinger Prize ceremony at the American Academy in Berlin on May 16, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. Kissinger is awarding Kohl the prize...

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BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 16: In this photo provided by the German Government Press Office Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (L) gets applause by former U.S. President Bill Clinton (L-R), current German Chancellor Angela Merkel, former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Robert...

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Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (L-R) receives applause from former U.S. president Bill Clinton, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger after he was awarded with the 'Henry A.Kissinger Prize' by the American Academy in Berlin, May 16, 2011.

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Former US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, the president of the World bank, Robert B. Zoellick, partially seen, the president of the American Academy in Berlin, Norman Pearlstine, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and the former US President Bill Clinton, from right, applaud former German...

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Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (L) receives applause from U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger after he was awarded with the 'Henry A. Kissinger Prize' by the American Academy in Berlin, May 16, 2011.

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Former US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and the former US President Bill Clinton, from right, applaud former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, left, after Kohl received the 2011 Henry Kissinger Prize for his contribution to trans-Atlantic relations at...

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Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (L-R) receives applause from former U.S. president Bill Clinton, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and World Bank President Robert Zoellick after he was awarded with the 'Henry A.Kissinger Prize' by the American...

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BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 16: Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl gets applause by former U.S. President Bill Clinton (hidden), current German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, before he receives the Henry A. Kissinger Prize at the American...

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LUDWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY - APRIL 16: In this photo provided by the German Government Press Office German President Christian Wulff visits former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and his wife Maike Richter-Kohl on April 16, 2011 in Ludwigshafen, Germany. President Wulff meets Kohl for private...

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German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (C) is greeted by Mayor Tom Pyne (L) at the Cairns International Airport 02 May at the start of a combined five-day official visit and holiday. Kohl arrived in Australia, his first under a unified Germany, accompanied by a delegation of ministers,...

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In this October 3, 2010 archive image Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (L) is seen as he arrives with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) for a ceremonial event marking the 20th anniversary of the reunification of Germany in front of the Reichstag in Berlin. German elder statesman...

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German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (L) and French President François Mitterrand (R) pose for photographers outside the French President's private residence in the rue de Bievre in Paris 17 May 1983.

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(From L) Former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, former US President George H.W. Bush and former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl attend a commemorative event in Berlin on October 31, 2009. The event under the motto 'The Fall of the Wall and Reunification - the Victory of...

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(L to R) Former US president George Bush (L), is awarded the Point Alpha prize by the president of the German Unity Board Christine Lieberknecht, as former president of the old Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev (2nd L) and former Chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl (R) look on, 17 June 2005...

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Holger Pfahls, former State Secretary of the German Ministry of Defence, arrives at a courtroom in the court of Augsburg, southern Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. Pfahls who was part of a corruption scandal linked to former Chancellor Helmut Kohl has been convicted of hiding millions...

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French socialist President François Mitterrand (2nd-L) shakes hands with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl on July 14, 1994, during the Bastille day parade at Place de la Concord while René Monory (L), President of French Senate, Spanish Premier Felipe Gonzales (R) and Brigitte Sauzay...

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Former president of the old Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev holds an eagle on his arm, 17 June 2005 in the western town of Geisa, after he and former US president George Bush and former Chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl, the three heavyweights of German reunification, were awarded with...

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BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 16: Former German Interior Minister Rudolf Seiters attends the Henry A. Kissinger Prize ceremony at the American Academy in Berlin on May 16, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. Kissinger is awarding former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl the prize in recognition of Kohl's...

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BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 16: Former European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering attends the Henry A. Kissinger Prize ceremony at the American Academy in Berlin on May 16, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. Kissinger is awarding former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl the prize in recognition of...

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Margaret Thatcher (C), British Prime Minister and Chairwoman of the EEC Economic Summit held in London's Queen Elisabeth Conference Hall on December 05 and 06, 1986 smiles on December 06, as she and several European leaders pose for family picture and the end of the summit in...