Germany votes in regional election test for Merkel
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More than 10 million Germans began voting Sunday in state elections that will be the first genuine test at the ballot box for Chancellor Angela Merkel since she came to power in 2005.
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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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German voters handed Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder a stinging defeat in elections Sunday in the small western state of Saarland, reflecting public anger over his drive to cut into the country's cherished network ...
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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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Germany's governing Social Democrats avoided major losses in local elections Sunday in the country's most populous state, while the conservative opposition lost votes but stayed well ahead in a traditional ...
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By Erik KirschbaumSCHWERIN, Germany - A far-right party won seats in a regional parliament in eastern Germany on Sunday, profiting from a weak economy there and mounting anger toward Chancellor Angela Merkel's ...
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The extreme right may have seen their support surge in regional elections in two former Communist states in eastern Germany but analysts concluded that the results were better than expected for Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
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BERLIN - Voters in two states in what was East Germany are expressing their discontent with the dominant political parties in Germany by endorsing radical right-wing and former communist parties in state elections, exit polls suggest.
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BERLIN Chancellor Gerhard SchrÃ¶der of Germany suffered stinging losses Sunday in the first of several regional elections whose outcome will influence his hope of re-election in two years&#39; time.
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BERLIN Extremist parties that tapped into East German resentment over high unemployment and unpopular economic reforms made big gains Sunday in regional elections in two German states, according to two exit polls.
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Chancellor Gerhard SchrÃ¶der&#39;s Social Democrats were celebrating today after voters in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany&#39;s most populous state
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Exit polls from two German states show Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s ruling Social Democrats lost significant support in Sunday elections to far right and left wing parties.
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German voters handed Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder a stinging defeat in elections Sunday in the small western state of Saarland, reflecting public anger over his drive to cut into the country's cherished network of social programs.
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Ahead of this weekend&#39;s elections in the eastern German states of Brandenburg and Saxony, leading politicians have been calling for voters to turn out and cast their ballots against far right parties.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have performed poorly in elections in two German states, while the extreme-right made a breakthrough, according to exit polls.
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Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said he has won broad support among Asian countries for Germany's bid for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council.
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Voting started in two western German  states on Sunday in elections widely seen as a test for  Chancellor Angela Merkel and her conservative Christian  Democrats (CDU) before next year's federal vote.