Combo photo shows German Defence Minister Guttenberg at defence ministry and Chancellor Merkel at Chancellery...
A combination photo shows German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg leaving a press briefing after announcing his resignation at the defence ministry (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arriving at the Chancellery to give a statement, in Berlin March 1, 2011. Guttenberg, embroiled in a plagiarism scandal that has rocked Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative government, said on March 1, 2011, he was stepping down. Guttenberg, the most popular member Merkel's cabinet, had admitted copying passages from the work of others in his doctoral dissertation. REUTERS/Staff (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)