Merkel looks on track for win after TV stalemate
5th Sep 2005, 11:38 GMT
BERLIN (Reuters) - Conservative leader Angela Merkel looked on track to become Germany's first woman chancellor after holding her own in a spirited U.S.-style TV clash with incumbent Gerhard Schroeder two weeks before a general election.
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