German city ousts mayor criticized over parade
BERLIN (AP) — Voters in the German city of Duisburg ousted their mayor in a ballot Sunday prompted by persistent anger at his refusal to quit following the deadly mass panic at the Love Parade techno music festival in 2010.
City authorities said 129,833 people voted to remove Adolf Sauerland from office in a recall ballot and only 21,557 wanted to keep him. His term was due to end in 2015.
Sauerland has l...
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