File photo of German Chancellor Angela Merkel standing next to the Eqi Glacier near the town of Ilulissat in Greenland, August 17, 2007. REUTERS/Michael Kappeler/Pool/Files
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has broken her pelvis in a cross-country skiing accident, forcing her to call off some foreign visits and official appointments just when she needs to bed down her fractious new coalition government.
Merkel, 59, is using crutches after her accident in Switzerland over the Christmas holidays and will have to take it easy for the next three weeks, her spokesman said on Monday.
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