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BERLIN - OCTOBER 05: Sigmar Gabriel (L) current Environment Minister and outgoing Chairman Franz Muentefering (R) of the German Social Democrats (SPD) arrive for a executive committee meeting at SPD headquarters at Willy-Brandt-Haus on October 5, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The SPD is to select new leaders following disastrous results in recent German federal elections that will relegate the party out of government positions and into the opposition. Analysts are predicting that current Minister of the Environment Sigmar Gabriel will be nominated as new chairman of the party. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

BERLIN - OCTOBER 05: Sigmar Gabriel (L) current Environment Minister and outgoing Chairman Franz Muentefering (R) of the German Social Democrats (SPD) arrive for a executive committee meeting at SPD headquarters at Willy-Brandt-Haus on October 5, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The SPD is to select new leaders following disastrous results in recent German federal elections that will relegate the party out of government positions and into the opposition. Analysts are predicting that current Minister of the Environment Sigmar Gabriel will be nominated as new chairman of the party.

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  1. Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Franz Muentefering (R) and designated chairman Siegmar Gabriel gesture during the preparations of the SPD party congress in Dresden, eastern Germany on November 12, 2009. The congress, taking place from November 13 to 15, 2009, is said to elect former German Environment Minister Gabriel as the new party chairman.
  2. BERLIN - OCTOBER 07: German Environment Minister and Social Democrat (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel arrives for the final German weekly cabinet meeting of the current government at the Chancellery on October 7, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Gabriel's political party, the German Social Democrats (SPD), have nominated Gabriel as new chairman of the party following disastrous results in recent federal elections.
  3. BERLIN - OCTOBER 07: German Environment Minister and Social Democrat (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel arrives for the final German weekly cabinet meeting of the current government at the Chancellery on October 7, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Gabriel's political party, the German Social Democrats (SPD), have nominated Gabriel as new chairman of the party following disastrous results in recent federal elections.
  4. BERLIN - OCTOBER 07: German Environment Minister and Social Democrat (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel arrives for the final German weekly cabinet meeting of the current government at the Chancellery on October 7, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Gabriel's political party, the German Social Democrats (SPD), have nominated Gabriel as new chairman of the party following disastrous results in recent federal elections.
  5. BERLIN - OCTOBER 07: German Environment Minister and Social Democrat (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel arrives for the final German weekly cabinet meeting of the current government at the Chancellery on October 7, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Gabriel's political party, the German Social Democrats (SPD), have nominated Gabriel as new chairman of the party following disastrous results in recent federal elections.
  6. German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel stands next to outgoing Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) of the Social Democrats (SPD) and outgoing Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) after they received their certificates formally relieving them of their government duties, at Bellevue Castle in Berlin October 27, 2009.
  7. Sigmar Gabriel (L), leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) talks to Frank-Walter Steinmeier during a party congress in Dresden, November 15, 2009.
  8. Sigmar Gabriel (L), leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) listens to party secretary general Andrea Nahles during a party congress in Dresden, November 15, 2009.
  9. Sigmar Gabriel (L), leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) and party secretary general Andrea Nahles laugh during a party congress in Dresden, November 15, 2009.
  10. Sigmar Gabriel, leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD), party secretary general Andrea Nahles and Frank-Walter Steinmeier (LtoR) applaud on the podium during a party congress in Dresden, November 15, 2009.
  11. Sigmar Gabriel (L), leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) jokes with Hip-Hop musician Mario Pavelka (C) and El Sadate Abderman of the group "Gerillia Taktiks" on the podium during a party congress in Dresden, November 15, 2009.
  12. Sigmar Gabriel (L), leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) jokes with Hip-Hop musician Mario Pavelka (R) of the group "Gerillia Taktiks" on the podium during a party congress in Dresden, November 15, 2009.
  13. Sigmar Gabriel (L), leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) jokes with Hip-Hop musician Mario Pavelka of the group "Gerillia Taktiks" on the podium during a party congress in Dresden, November 15, 2009.
  14. Sigmar Gabriel (L), leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) applauds as Erhard Eppler, senior party member leaves the podium following his speech during a party congress in Dresden, November 15, 2009.
  15. Sigmar Gabriel (L), leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) walks behind party secretary general Andrea Nahles during a party congress in Dresden November 15, 2009.
  16. Sigmar Gabriel, new leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) reacts during a party congress in Dresden, November 14, 2009. Germany's Social Democrats, knocked out of government in September, elected former environment minister Sigmar Gabriel as their seventh new leader in the last 10 years on Friday at a tense party congress.
  17. Olaf Scholz, Sigmar Gabriel, new elected leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) and party secretary general Andrea Nahles (LtoR) attend party congress in Dresden, November 14, 2009. Germany's Social Democrats, knocked out of government in September, elected former environment minister Sigmar Gabriel as their seventh new leader in the last 10 years on Friday at a tense party congress.
  18. Leading member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Olaf Scholz (foreground C) votes for a proposal during a party congress in Dresden, November 14, 2009. Germany's Social Democrats, knocked out of government in September, elected former environment minister Sigmar Gabriel as their seventh new leader in the last 10 years on Friday at a tense party congress.

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  8. U.N. Climate chief Yvo de Boer gestures as he addresses the media during an EU Environment Ministers meeting at the EU Council in Brussels, Monday Nov. 23, 2009.
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  10. Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, addresses a news conference at the end of a meeting with EU environment ministers in Brussels November 23, 2009.
  11. Sweden's Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren addresses the media during an EU Environment Ministers meeting at the EU Council in Brussels, Monday Nov. 23, 2009. Carlgren said on Monday the European Union (EU) was "still pushing" developed countries to adopt a broad interim accord at next month's climate conference in Copenhagen.
  12. Oxfam's climate activists wear masks depicting (L-R) French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Spanish Prime Minister Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi and British PM Gordon Brown during a protest outside the European Council building in Brussels November 23, 2009, as EU environment ministers met to find a political deal on fighting climate change ahead of Copenhangen Climate conference. The "0.7%" sign refers to the percentage of gross national income promised by the EU for overseas aid.
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  14. Oxfam's climate activists wear masks depicting (L-R) French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Spanish Prime Minister Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi and British PM Gordon Brown during a protest outside the European Council building in Brussels November 23, 2009, as EU environment ministers met to find a political deal on fighting climate change ahead of Copenhangen Climate conference. The "0.7%" sign refers to the percentage of gross national income promised by the EU for overseas aid.
  15. Oxfam's climate activists wear masks depicting (L-R) French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Spanish Prime Minister Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi and British PM Gordon Brown during a protest outside the European Council building in Brussels November 23, 2009, as EU environment ministers met to find a political deal on fighting climate change ahead of Copenhangen Climate conference.
  16. Oxfam's climate activists wear masks depicting (L-R) French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Spanish Prime Minister Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi and British PM Gordon Brown during a protest outside the European Council building in Brussels November 23, 2009, as EU environment ministers met to find a political deal on fighting climate change ahead of Copenhangen Climate conference.
  17. Two-year-old Jessica Fletcher kisses a fibreglass penguin representing Beatle John Lennon at the Pier Head in Liverpool, northern England, November 23, 2009. The Beatles penguins are part of a public art exhibition called "Go Penguins" which will see 235 fibreglass penguins decorated by artists, celebrities and community groups go on display around the city as a finale to Liverpool's Year of the Environment programme.
  18. An illegal miner pans for gold at the mountain of Tumpang Pitu in Banyuwangi, East Java November 21, 2009. The miners can collect about 1 to 5 grams of gold and earn up to 175,000 rupiah ($18) a day. The mine has been in operation since June 2009 and local villagers have began protesting because the waste produced by the mine is polluting the environment.

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