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VIENNA: Austrian conservatives won the most seats in snap elections Sunday, putting their 33-year-old leader Sebastian Kurz on track to retake power but forcing him into tough coalition negotiations after a corruption scandal sent his far-right former allies tumbling. Kurz´s People´s Party (OeVP) won 37 percent, up almost six percentage points from the last election two years ago, but not …

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