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Flemish party withdraws support for Belgian govt


    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Flemish liberal party withdrew its support for the five-party coalition of Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme Thursday, threatening the five-month-old government with collapse.

    Without the liberal Open VLD party's backing, Leterme's government has only a slim majority with 76 of the 150 seats in the lower house of parliament.

    (Reporting by Antonia van de Velde, writing by Philip Blenkinsop, editing by Timothy Heritage)