BERLIN (AFP) - The German parliament is expected to pass a no-confidence vote against Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder at his request in a move aimed at triggering early elections this autumn. Schroeder, who is trailing badly in opinion polls and has failed to get Germany's languid economy moving, said in May he would seek the vote after the latest in a bitter series of state poll reversals. Although pollsters believe early elections could well put an end to his seven-year tenure, the embattled Schroeder has said he needs the vote to win fresh affirmation from voters. His spokesman Bela Anda said...