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 WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Acting Prime Minister Helen Clark announced an agreement with with minority parties to form a new Labour-led coalition government, naming an outspoken anti-immigration party leader as New Zealand's new foreign minister.
The deal gave Clark a third-consecutive term and ended a month of negotiations since the Sept. 17 election in which her Labour Party won 50 seats in the 121-member Parliament.
The main opposition National Party won 48 seats, boosted by its pledges to scrap special treatment for the country's impoverished indigenous Maori minority and slash income tax.
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