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Senior Merz ally under pressure in Germany over surrogate baby

BERLIN, July 17 (Reuters) - A senior member of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's ruling conservatives faced pressure to resign on Friday after having a baby born through a surrogate mother in the

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