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France Votes in Presidential Runoff
French citizens are casting their ballots in a presidential runoff election Sunday. The latest opinion polls indicate President Nicolas Sarkozy has narrowed the gap behind his Socialist rival, but Francois Hollande is still expected to emerge victorious.
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Supporters of Francois Hollande, Socialist party presidential candidate for the 2012 French presidential election, gather at rue de Solferino Socialist Party headquarters in Paris, May 6, 2012. (Reuters)
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Election officials empty a ballot box to count votes of the second round of the 2012 French presidential election in Illkirch-Graffenstaden near Strasbourg, May 6, 2012. (Reuters)
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French President and UMP candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, center left, casts his vote for the second round of the presidential elections as his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, left, looks on in Paris, May 6, 2012. (AP)
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Socialist Party candidate for the presidential election Francois Hollande poses with residents after visiting a polling station near Tulle, central France, May 6, 2012. (AP)