Merkel, Schroeder dig in as Germany waits

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and conservative leader Angela Merkel said they would talk to each other on forming a new government after Sunday's election stalemate, but each insisted on leading it.
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