Elections may bring more woe for Merkel
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Elections in a northeastern German state this weekend could prove a breakthrough for a far-right party and bring more woe for Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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NEO-NAZI parties made sweeping gains in vital regional elections in Germany last night to further tarnish the countryâs image and plunge Chancellor Gerhard SchrÃ¶derâs ruling coalition party into fresh crisis.
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Voters dealt German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives a bitter blow in Berlin in regional elections which saw the neo-Nazis make a stunning breakthrough in her home state.
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Voting is under way in elections in the German state of Saarland, with polls predicting another big defeat for the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
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Germany's far right looks set to win  seats in a third regional parliament on Sunday as discontent  with Chancellor Angela Merkel's national government and  depressed conditions in the east push voters to the fringes.
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BERLIN : Voting got off to a slow start in a traditional stronghold of German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats (SPD) which faced its last test at the ballot box this year.
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Germany&#39;s Social Democrat chancellor, Gerhard SchrÃ¶der, suffered a humiliating election defeat in the party&#39;s traditional stronghold yesterday.
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Elections in the next few weeks  will bring new faces and new hope to a clutch of African  countries, but many of the poor, war-damaged continent's  nascent democracies face major hurdles in the coming year.
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s Social Democratic Party is likely to lose elections in four of Germany&#39;s 16 states this month as voters protest welfare cuts and rising unemployment, according to opinion polls.
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Germany's far right looks set to win  seats in its third regional parliament on Sunday as discontent  with Chancellor Angela Merkel's national government and  depressed conditions in the east push voters to the fringes.
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Germany's ruling CDU party faces a stiff challenge in state elections, as support for its contentious candidate falls.
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Gains for a far-right party in a weekend  regional election are a wake-up call for Germany's ruling  coalition under Chancellor Angela Merkel, media said on Monday.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on mainstream parties to block the ascendency of neo-Nazis after they made a stunning breakthrough in regional elections which saw her conservatives flounder.
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State elections in the former East Germany are expected to see a resurgence by far right parties.
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Europe is Kerry country, and folks like Heike Warmuth reckon they have a chance to spoil President Bush's bid for a second term.
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The election reveals a worrisome divide among the country's voters -- and a predeliction for show over substance in the winning party
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Voters in two western German states go to the polls on Sunday in a test for German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) before next year's federal election.