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GERMANY

Merkel's party beaten in local vote

Germany's anti-migrant populists made a strong showing in Sunday's state polls, scoring ahead of Chancellor Angela Merkel's party as voters punished the German leader over her liberal refugee policy. The xenophobic Alternative for Germany, or AfD, clinched around 21 percent in its first bid for seats in the regional parliament of Mecklenburg-Western Vorpommern, results showed after most ballots were counted.