SPD Foreign Minister to fight Merkel in German poll
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By Hans-Edzard Busemann WERDER, Germany (Reuters) - Germany's struggling Social Democrats (SPD) chose Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday to run against Chancellor Angela Merkel in federal elections in 2009. In a surprise move, Franz Muentefering, a 68-year-old former SPD chairman just back from a break from politics to care for his dying wife, will take over as chairman of the party after Kurt... [read full story]                    

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US courts could soon have the power to wipe some mortgage debts US bank Citigroup has agreed to support a proposed change in US bankruptcy law to help troubled mortgage borrowers avoid losing their homes. The controversial...

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