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Foreign Affairs

bemildred

(90,061 posts) Mon Jan 21, 2013, 03:15 PM Jan 2013

* SPD and Greens win key regional election by single seat

* Merkel concedes narrow defeat in Lower Saxony "hurts"

* Victory gives left blocking majority in upper house

* FDP leader keeps post after surprisingly strong result

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/21/germany-election-idUSL6N0AQ3XL20130121