Koehler to seek re-election as Germany' president in move that could deepen political tensions

iht.com     May 22, 2008            

President Horst Koehler announced Thursday that he will seek re-election next year — a decision that could deepen political tensions in Germany's divided governing coalition. Koehler, from Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union, was elected in 2004 to the largely... [read full story]                    


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