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Angela Merkel on track to third term as Chancellor after election win

Angela Merkel was on track to win a third term as chancellor in a German election on Sunday after her conservatives scored their best result in decades, but it was unclear whether she could avoid being forced into a coalition with her leftist rivals.

The five probable outcomes of the German elections this weekend

Since World War II Germany has been governed by coalitions except for about 18 months in the early 1960s. Who teams up with whom could change the country's direction subtly or sharply. A look at possible outcomes