German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer of the enviromental Greens
party looks on during the traditional Ash Wednesday political gathering
of his party in Biberach February 13, 2002. Thousands of supporters
came from all over Germany to take part in the traditional Ash
Wednesday meetings of the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the SPD and
the Greens. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

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