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Don't Worry ... Be Happy! Germans seem to prefer inaction from their not-so-new chancellor.(Cover story)
Byline: Stefan Theil
The Italian paparazzi had a field day. Staking out German Chancellor Angela Merkel during her Easter vacation on the island of Ischia, one of them caught her bare-bottomed as she changed into her bathing suit. In a flash, the British newspaper The Sun bought the buttocks and spread them across page two--and just as quickly, an indignant German press rushed to save Merkel's honor. The tabloid Bild, usually the lead dog in a pack of media Rottweilers, clothed the chancellor with a chaste red bar. "You whisky-bloated butt-faces! Our chancellor has a doctorate in physics and can explain Einstein!" gushed the paper in Merkel's defense.
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