German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (rear) listens to parliamentary
floor leader of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) Friedrich Merz
speak during the budget debate at the Bundestag in Berlin September 12,
2002. German Finance Minister Hans Eichel said on Thursday a war
against Iraq could endanger Germany's fragile economic recovery by
possible causing an explosion in oil prices. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

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