Christian Democratic party (CDU) leader Wolfgang Schaeuble (R) rests his head during a news conference accompanied by party secretary general Angela Merkel in Berlin January 11. Schaeuble said on Monday he received a cash donation of 100,000 marks ($52.380) from arms dealer Karlheinz Schreiber in 1994 but rejected calls today from the media and political rivals to resign. The slogan at the back reads "CDU in the center of life".

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