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BERLIN: Germany’s Social Democrats came first by a narrow margin in Sunday’s national election, projected results showed, putting them in pole position to lead a government for the first time since 2005 and to end 16 years of conservative-led rule under Angela Merkel. The centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) were on track for 25.5 per cent of the vote, ahead of …

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