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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (C) and Defence Minister Peter Struck (R, behind Schroeder) of the SPD and Greens party delegate Josef Philip Winkler (L) of both German and Indian citizenship, vote Wednesday, 18 June 2003, about the deployment of troops to Congo in Berlin. Germany's Bundestag parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved sending up to 350 non-combat troops to take part in a European Union peace mission in the Congo. Approval came 441-30, with seven abstentions. EPA PHOTO/DPA/Miguel Villagran