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Published 12/3/2008 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
AFP - Democrats lost a closely-watched US Senate run-off election in the state of Georgia, US media reported, thwarting their chances of reaching the critical threshold of 60 seats that would prevent Republican filibustering or stalling maneuvers in the 100-seat chamber.
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