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German Chancellor Angela Merkel briefs the media after a meeting Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi at the chancellery in Berlin, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Markus Schreiber/AP
President of the German soccer federation (DFB) Wolfgang Niersbach (l.) laughs with German Chancellor Angela Merkel before the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund against Bayer Leverkusen in Dortmund September 15, 2012. Ina Fassbender/Reuters
German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts during a company tour after the opening of the Fraunhofer Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes, CBP, in Leuna, central Germany, Oct. 2, 2012. Jens Meyer/AP
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande react in the yard of the castle in Ludwigsburg, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012. The leaders of France and Germany were meeting to celebrate an anniversary of their countries' reconciliation following the end of World War II. Michael Probst/AP
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the the first session of the budget 2013 debate at the parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Sept. 11, 2012. Markus Schreiber/AP
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (c.) receives a golden goose as a gift from Princess Petra I (l.) and Prince Frank I of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern carnival society during reception of carnival revellers at the Chancellery in Berlin, January 24, 2012. Thomas Peter/Reuters
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras attend a welcome ceremony before talks in Berlin, August 24, 2012. Tobias Schwarz/Reuters
German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds up an original Thuringian grilled sausage besides Christine Lieberknecht, Minister for Social Affairs in Thuringia, right, during an election campaign tour through Germany in Erfurt, central Germany, on Tuesday Sept. 15, 2009. Jens Meyer/AP
German Chancellor Angela Merkel celebrates Germany's fourth goal during the 2010 World Cup quarter-final soccer match against Argentina at Green Point stadium in Cape Town, July 3, 2010. Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters
German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers her speech at the second day of the first session of the budget 2013 debate at the parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Sept. 12, 2012. Markus Schreiber/AP
People walk past a billboard showing a photo montage with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy kissing German Chancellor Angela Merkel displayed on a Benetton store in Paris November 17, 2011. Photo montages of the advertising campaign, in which Benetton says it supports the Unhate Foundation, show other world leaders kissing each other on the mouth. Charles Platiau/Reuters
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Oct. 5, 2011. Yves Logghe/AP
German Economy Minister Philipp Roesler shows Chancellor Angela Merkel an iPad he uses to work with as she grimaces at the hefty pile of paper documents before her, at the weekly cabinet meeting in Berlin August 22, 2012. Tobias Schwarz/Reuters
Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for the 60th anniversary ceremony of the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB), in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 5, 2009. Markus Schreiber/AP
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (l.) smiles after her speech in a beer tent at the traditional Gillamoos folk festival in Abensberg, southern Germany, September 3, 2012. After taking the politician's obligatory swig, Merkel launched into her address, extolling traditional values close to Bavarian hearts and praising the predominantly Catholic state's exemplary "laptop and lederhosen" economy. Michael Dalder/Reuters
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the the first session of the budget 2013 debate at the parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Sept. 11, 2012. Markus Schreiber/AP
G-20 leaders pose for a group photo at the G-20 summit in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 12, 2010. Chancellor Angela Merkel is in the second row, fifth from left. Charles Dharapak/AP
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference with the Prime Minister of Croatia Zoran Milanovic after a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Sept. 19, 2012. Markus Schreiber/AP
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/21
In Pictures: Sinkholes around the world
In Pictures: What happened to the green revolution in Iran?
In Pictures: Facing the devastation of the Oklahoma tornadoes
In Pictures: Sandy: Chronicle of an unrelenting storm
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/20
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
In Pictures: The Israeli separation barrier: A West Bank wall
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
Chancellor Merkel, who faces elections next year, has tied her political fate to the survival of the common currency. But despite her efforts, Greece's economy continues to reel.
Angela Merkel’s visit to Athens was short, lasting just a few hours, and it came late: The Greek debt crisis has been raging for three years now. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras greeted the German chancellor warmly, but quite predictably tens of thousands of Greeks protesting in the streets told her she wasn’t welcome. So why did she come, and what did her visit achieve?
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