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Merkel blunder a harbinger of change in Germany?
PUBLISHED: 23 Feb 2012 07:32:43 | UPDATED: 23 Feb 2012 07:32:43PRINT EDITION: 23 Feb 2012Chancellor Angela Merkel's humbling defeat in accepting an opposition candidate for president may herald a shift in coalition alliances that could yet see her conservatives unceremoniously bundled from power in 2013.

