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Merkel coalition loses in state vote

Posted: January 21, 2013 at 5 a.m.

Germany’s center-left opposition won a wafer thin victory over Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition in a major state election Sunday, dealing a setback as she seeks a third term at the helm of Europe’s biggest economy.

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