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IMF Director to be candidate for the French Presidency?

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He may be riding high in the polls but IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn has not yet thrown his hat into the presidential ring. That's the way the French right would like to keep it. Mexican authorities refuse to send Florence Cassez home, souring diplomatic relations with Paris.

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What drives France's new generation of radical Islamists?
09/10/2012 - THE WEEK IN FRANCE

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This week saw bad news for French industry after steelmaker ArcelorMittal confirmed it is closing part of a plant in eastern France. Next, players for French handball champion Montpellier are accused of match-fixing. Finally, a new play criticising the lack of transparency at the UN hits the stage in Paris.
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