Merkel bidding for 3rd term in German election
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Chancellor Angela Merkel is strongly favored to win a third term at the helm of Europe's biggest economy as Germans vote in a national election. But the popular conservative's hopes of governing with center-right allies for another four years are in the balance.
Merkel's Christian Democratic Union and its Bavaria-only sister, the Christian Social Union, appear likely to fend off a challenge Sunday from center-left rival Peer Steinbrueck. (AP)
