SCHROEDER HUGS HILDEBRANDT DURING RALLY IN COTTBUS.
Social Democratic Party (SPD) State Prime Minister of Lower-Saxony Gerhard Schroeder (L) hugs Brandenburg's State Social Minister Regine Hildebrandt during an election campaign rally in the eastern German town Cottbus September 4. Schroeder, the challenger of German Chancellor Helmut Kohl in the September 27 general election, held rallys in several eastern German towns on Friday.
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