By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press
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BERLIN — German lawmakers finalized the country’s long-awaited phase-out of coal as an energy source, backing a plan that environmental groups say isn’t ambitious enough and free marketeers criticize as a waste of taxpayers’ money.

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