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German Chancellor Angela Merkel laughs, next to new German Minister for Economy and Energy, Sigmar Gabriel, left, during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013. Germany's Parliament elected Chancellor Angela Merkel to a third term as the leader of Europe's biggest economic power on Tuesday, nearly three months after an awkward election result forced her to put together a new governing coalition. Merkel now heads a "grand coalition" of Germany's biggest parties — her conservative Union bloc and the center-left Social Democrats, which are traditional rivals. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)