Sep 21st, 2009 - Bloomberg
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Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- With Germans heading to the pollsin five days and her opponent criss-crossing the nation,Chancellor Angela Merkel is taking a trans-Atlantic detour -- toPittsburgh.
Merkel is joining world leaders at the Group of 20 summitto shape new rules for the international financial system andcounter the deepest global recession since World War II. HerSocial Democratic rival, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, will campaignin western and southern Germany in an effort to close a gap thatpolls put at about 10 percentage points.
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