Germany`s Social Democrats mull talks on backing Merkel govt
(WorldNews Germany)

BERLIN (AP) -- The leader of Germany's center-left Social Democrats sought his party's support Thursday to open talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives on extending their governing coalition, or at least backing a minority government. Martin Schulz, Merkel's defeated challenger in Germany's Sept. 24 election, had insisted previously that his party would go into opposition after a disastrous result in that vote. He also refused...