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Merkel gets lift from big win in Bavarian poll

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Bavarian allies scored a resounding win in a state vote Sunday, estimates showed, giving her a boost one week ahead of a general election. However the pro-business Free Democrats, junior partners in Germany’s Bavarians head to the polls. Voters in Bavaria Sunday with Chancellor Angela Merkel hoping her conservatives in the southern state will create momentum ahead of Germany’s general elections in a week.