Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel is maintaining her support for her education minister, at the centre of a plagiarism scandal.<br /><br />Annette Schavan's chair was empty at the cabinet meeting - she is on a trip to South Africa.<br /><br />There, she struck back at Düsseldorf University which stripped her of her PhD saying parts of the thesis had been copied.<br /><br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/
