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 GERMAN VOTE 
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Merkel Wins Re-Election, New Coalition

Germany's chancellor will form new bloc with center-right

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(Newser) – Angela Merkel was headed to re-election today, and German voters were sending her along with enough votes to cobble together a center-right coalition and ditch the Social Democrats she has been allied with since 2005. Exit polls on German television showed Merkel's conservative bloc with 33.4% of the vote, while her onetime allies went down to bitter defeat as voters gave the center-right Free Democrat Party another 14.8%.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Party, CDU, casts her ballot for the German general elections in Berlin, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Party, CDU, casts her ballot for the German general elections in Berlin, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009.   (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Party, CDU, and her husband Joachim Sauer, left, cast their ballot for the German general elections in Berlin, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Party, CDU, and her husband Joachim Sauer, left, cast their ballot for the German general elections in Berlin, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009.   (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Party, CDU, casts her ballot for the German general elections in Berlin, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Party, CDU, casts her ballot for the German general elections in Berlin, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009.   (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
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Newuser
Sep 27, 09 1:55 PM CDT
This ugly beast reminds me of the other ugly beast Madeleine albright. Reply
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yoeydude
Sep 27, 09 6:42 PM CDT
to be reminded , one would need a brain that could do the remind'in first ,..... so I dont think you were reminded of anything Reply
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Newuser
Sep 30, 09 3:00 PM CDT
Tickle me so i can laugh.
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lindamae
Sep 28, 09 3:02 AM CDT
Another country admits that socialism destroys what it touches. As does the Green movement. Complete destruction will be avoided in Europe - if we could be so lucky. The social progressives just don't get it. They ignore the ills socialism has brought to Europe - and are trying to remake us. Reply
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Sep 28, 09 3:21 AM CDT
so loud , so sure , so empty of content
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