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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Social Democratic Party

Social Democratic Party stories: 3 news summaries
GERMAN VOTE


 Merkel Wins 
 Re-Election, 
 New Coalition 

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

Sep 27, 09 12:28 PM CDT
(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,... More »

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Angela Merkel • Chancellor of Germany • German election • Social Democratic Party

 Merkel Heads for 2nd Term, 
 With Messy Coalition  

German vote could free or hamstring chancellor for 4 more years

Sep 25, 09 5:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Germany votes in a federal election in less than 48 hours, but Angela Merkel has better things to do than campaign; she's in Pittsburgh with the rest of the G20. Merkel is assured of a second term, but in Germany's complex system of coalition politics, the bigger question is which... More »

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Angela Merkel • Germany • CDU • SPD • German election • Social Democratic Party

Berlin Corpse May Be Slain Leftist Hero

Doc thinks body in Berlin hospital cellar is 'Red Rosa' Luxemburg

May 29, 09 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - For nearly a century, left-wingers have mourned at the tomb of Rosa Luxemburg, a murdered academic who fought to make Germany communist. But one pathologist insists Luxemburg’s body isn’t there, rather abandoned in a hospital cellar, Der Spiegel reports. The corpse Michael Tsokos found had no head, feet,... More »

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Germany • autopsy • Communists • Rosa Luxemburg • Social Democratic Party

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