SCHROEDER LAUGHS AT HIS PARTY HQ IN BONN

BON13D:GERMANY-ELECTION:BONN,28SEP98 - Germany's new chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, laughs at his Social Democrats' party headquarters September 28. Schroeder led his party to a crushing victory in Sunday's general elections kept his options of forming a grand coalition with the Christian Democrats open should talks with the Greens collapse. jer/Photo by Jerry Lampen REUTERS