German parties back former rights activist as president (Reuters)

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Reuters - Chancellor Angela Merkel bowed to pressure and agreed to back former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck for the German presidency on Sunday, averting a fight with opposition parties that could have distracted Berlin from solving the euro zone debt crisis.

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