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ANALYSIS-Economic woes threaten "mega wage year" in Germany

By Dave Graham

BERLIN, Oct 29 (Reuters) - A grim economic outlook threatens to dash trade union hopes of winning a landmark raise for the engineering sector in Germany's biggest pay talks, which may herald a phase of weaker wage growth across Europe.

Union IG Metall had dubbed 2008 a "mega wage year" as it