German chancellor injured while skiing

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was injured in a fall while cross-country skiing in Switzerland, forcing her to cancel meetings and cut back her schedule for 3 weeks to recover. The 59-year-old chancellor, who was recently sworn in for a third term last December, suffered a fractured pelvis from a fall while skiing in the southeastern Swiss region of Engadin over the Christmas holidays. The injury was initially thought to be just painful bruising, but after her return to Berlin, doctors diagnosed a fracture in the pelvic area. Merkel’s spokesman said the chancellor will “concentrate on a few appointments at the chancellery and in Berlin and otherwise do her work at home,” adding Merkel will lead the first cabinet meeting of 2014 for her new “grand coalition” government.

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