DÜSSELSDORF, Germany, Aug 14 (Reuters) - German drug store chain Schlecker has sought anti-trust clearance to buy as many as 71 German outlets from insolvent department store group Woolworth, the Federal Cartel Office said on Friday 14 August.

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A spokesman for the insolvency administrator said talks were under way with a number of retailers for smaller sites that would no longer be operated under the Woolworth brand.

(Reporting by Matthias Inverardi, Writing by Michael Shields; editing by John Stonestreet)