BERLIN (Reuters) - Firmly on course for re-election, Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday spurned her rival's request for a re-run of a head-to-head television debate in which he failed to dent her opinion poll lead.
With voting taking place on Sept. 24, Martin Schulz's left-leaning Social Democrats (SPD) trail Merkel's conservatives by around 14 percentage points.
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