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AMSTERDAM - Dutch politicians scrambled Thursday to sort out who will form the country's next government, after polarized voters backed parties on both the right and the left with very different ideas on budget cuts and Muslim immigration.

AMSTERDAM - The pro-business VVD party claimed victory in Dutch elections early Thursday, as voters in the Netherlands continued a Europe-wide shift to the political right and rewarded parties that pledged to cut government spending and discourage immigration.

AMSTERDAM - Dutch elections ended in deadlock between right and left, early projections showed Wednesday, a splintered outcome that spelled weeks and possibly months of haggling to fashion a ruling coalition among parties deeply split on immigration and how to curb government spending.