Speaking after a meeting of German Social Democratic party members in Berlin, the SPD General Secretary has announced that Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will be the Social Democrat's candidate for chancellor against conservative incumbent Angela Merkel in 2009.
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(Deutsche Welle)
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