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BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party and her plans to stay on until 2021 were plunged into disarray on Monday after her heir-apparent gave up her leadership ambitions in a deepening crisis over ties between the centre and far right. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the leader of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), opted out after barely a year in the post …

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