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Merkel turns to ex-mentor Kohl to sell Europe to Germans By Madeline Chambers BERLIN | Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:51am EDT (Reuters) - Angela Merkel is seeking help from her estranged, former mentor Helmut Kohl, architect of the euro, to restore voter faith in the European project before next year's...

Supporters of India's main opposition Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) shout anti-government slogans after being detained by police, as a policeman wearing a mask stands guard, during a nationwide strike, in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, September 20, 2012. REUTERS/Kris...

India hit by national strike over economic reforms By Jatindra Dash and Ankush Arora BHUBANESWAR/NEW DELHI, India | Thu Sep 20, 2012 8:04am EDT (Reuters) - Schools, businesses and government offices were shut in many parts of India on Thursday as protesters blocked roads and trains as part...

South Africa's Robin Peterson bowls during a practice session ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup cricket match against Zimbabwe in Hambantota, Sri Lanka September 19, 2012. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

A Palestinian reacts at a hospital morgue following an Israeli air strike on a vehicle in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip September 19, 2012. An Israeli air strike on a vehicle killed three Palestinian men in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Palestinian medics said. The Israeli military had no...

Venezuelan President and presidential candidate Hugo Chavez sings at a campaign rally with Socialist party youth in Caracas September 19, 2012. Venezuelans will go to the polls for the presidential election on October 7. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks with Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington September 19, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Afghanistan's Shapoor Zadran bowls to India's Suresh Raina (L) during their ICC World Twenty20 group A match at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka September 19, 2012. REUTERS/Philip Brown

A woman holds a picture of her son, whom she says became an invalid from injuries sustained while in prison, during a protest rally in Tbilisi September 19, 2012. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili promised on Wednesday to punish those responsible for torturing and raping prisoners, after...

Cadets listen to U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta addressing the school at the PLA Engineering Academy of Armored Forces in Beijing September 19, 2012. Panetta is on the second official stop of a three-nation tour to Japan, China and New Zealand. REUTERS/Larry Downing

Carmen Menendez (L), widow of historic Spanish Communist Party leader Santiago Carrillo, kisses his forehead during a wake in Madrid September 19, 2012. Carrillo, Spain's last surviving public figure to have taken an active part in the civil war, died at age 97 on September 18, 2012, at his home...

Chelsea's Fernando Torres (front) challenges Juventus' Giorgio Chiellini during their Champions League soccer match at Stamford Bridge in London, September 19, 2012. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Fishermen paddle their boats near the floating carcass of a 52-foot (16-metre) long Great Sperm Whale near an island off the coast of Zamboanga City, southern Philippines September 19, 2012. The dead mammal was spotted by the coast guard on Wednesday morning, local media reported. REUTERS/Stringer

Customers wait in line outside the Apple store on 5th Avenue, for Friday's iPhone 5 models to go on sale, in New York, September 19, 2012. Apple said on Monday that pre-orders outstripped initial supply but it would deliver most phones as planned by Friday, the first day of delivery...

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez falls on top of the wall as he chases a foul ball against the Toronto Blue Jays during the ninth inning of their MLB American League baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, September 19, 2012. REUTERS/Adam Hunger

British conceptual artist Liam Gillick passes through striped plastic curtains, part of his 2009 piece "How are you going to behave? A Kitchen cat speaks", at Inhabited Architecture, a temporary exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, September 19, 2012. The exhibition, which is a...

Lightning strikes over buildings during a thunderstorm in Belgrade, Serbia September 19, 2012. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Jorgen and Ruth Sabinsky watch the fly-over of the space shuttle Endeavour atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft September 19, 2012 in Cocoa Beach, Florida in this NASA handout photo. The SCA, a modified 747 jetliner, is flying Endeavour to Los Angeles where it will be placed on public display at...

Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie throws out New York Yankees' Casey McGehee during the sixth inning of their MLB American League baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, September 19, 2012. REUTERS/Adam Hunger

A woman falls to the ground during a heavy wind storm in Montevideo, Uruguay September 19, 2012. According to local media, the storm could reach speeds of over 180 km per hour (112 mph) this afternoon. REUTERS/Andres Stapff