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Urgent: Danish PM says to step down after losing parliamentary election

Xinhua, June 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt on Friday conceded defeat in Thursday's parliamentary election and said she would step down as chairwoman of the Social Democratic Party. Endite