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Former German Foreign Minster Hans-Dietrich Genscher (center) takes the applaud by German Free Democratic (FDP) party members after having his last speech in the German parliament on Thursday, April 23, 1998. Genscher decided after 33 years as a member of the German parliament, to step back and not to run another term after the next German elections scheduled for September. (KEYSTONE/EPA PHOTO/DPA/MICHAEL JUNG)