GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER FISCHER CHECKS HIS WATCH PRIOR TO ANNUAL RECEPTION IN BONN.
German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer (L) and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (R) stand in front of a Gobelin carpet on the wall as they wait for the annual reception for the diplomatic corps in Bonn, November 23. Diplomats from 164 countries took part at the reception at Palais Schaumburg.
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