Germany election outcome remains unclear

The outcome of Germany's election is still not known as Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his conservative challenger Edmund Stoiber ran neck-and-neck tonight in one of the country's closest post-war elections.

Projections by three polling agencies combining exit polls and early returns showed a slight lead for two Christian Democratic parties led by Stoiber, with about 39% to about 38% for Schroeder’s Social Democrats.