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Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche !, or Onwards !, and candidate for the 2017 presidential election, attends a meeting in Reims, France, March 17, 2017. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
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Macron, Le Pen to Compete for French Presidency

Macron, Le Pen to Compete for French Presidency

Paris – French Centrist Emmanuel Macron took a big step towards the Elysée on Sunday by winning the first round of voting along with far-right leader Marine Le Pen. “I want to be the president of patriots against the threat of nationalists,” Macron told his supporters...
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A man looks at campaign posters of the 11th candidates who run in the 2017 French presidential election in Enghien-les-Bains, near Paris, France. (Reuters)


Ballot Boxes Open in French Presidential Elections

Ballot Boxes Open in French Presidential Elections

Paris – The French presidential elections got underway on Sunday with voters heading to 67,000 ballot boxes distributed throughout the country in wake of the dark shadow of the terrorist attack that hit Paris on Thursday night. Given the serious threats, the French...
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Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Al-Maliki (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)


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French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon. (AFP)


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French presidential candidates during the television debate on April 4, 2017. (AFP)French presidential election candidate for the far-left New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) Philippe Poutou refused to take part in the family picture. / AFP PHOTO / POOL AND AFP PHOTO / Lionel BONAVENTURE