Merkel backs opposition's choice for president (Reuters)

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Reuters - German Chancellor Angela Merkel bowed to pressure on Sunday and agreed to back popular opposition candidate Joachim Gauck to become president, averting a political fight that might have distracted her government from solving the euro zone crisis.

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