Germans set to vote Sunday: last-minute threats by Islamic extremists seeking to sway voters

clipped from www.jpost.com Germans decide Sunday whether to return the nation’s first woman chancellor to a second term in office following a lackluster campaign centered largely on economic issues and a rash of last-minute threats by Islamic extremists. Chancellor Angela Merkel is hoping enough of the nation’s 62.2 million eligible voters will support her conservative Christian Democratic Party to give them a solid enough standing to form a center-right coalition with their top partners, the Free Democrats.