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The chairman of the Mannesmann industrial commitee, Juergen Ladberg, right, and the chief minister of the Federal German state Northrine-Westphalia, Wolfgang Clement, talk together on a Mannesmann industrial commitee conference in Duesseldorf Tuesday, November 23, 1999. The workers demonstrate in Duesseldorf to show support for their company which faces a hostile takeover bid by British telecommunication company Vodafone. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Roland Weihrauch)