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Wed 06 Jun 2010Germany chooses new president in test for chancellor
GERMANY CHOOSES a new president today in a vote that will be a crucial test of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s political authority and the future of her embattled coalition.
Germany’s presidential election is normally a predictable affair, in which a government candidate is chosen over a token opposition candidate by a special assembly of Bundestag deputies and regional delegates.
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