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German Chancellor Angela Merkel marked next week's 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with a speech to Congress on Tuesday calling for a new global financial order and for wealthy nations to make a climate-change deal next month in Copenhagen.

Mrs. Merkel also called for harsh economic sanctions against Iran if it does not cooperate with international nuclear inspectors, and said that the safety of Israel is "non-negotiable." The chancellor was largely circumspect about her country's involvement in Afghanistan, saying that Germany would "shoulder" its responsibility, without saying whether that meant committing more troops to the international effort.