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FAR-RIGHT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LE PEN PRESSER IN PARIS

Far-right candidate to France's presidential elections Jean-Marie Le Pen speaks to foreign journalists during a press conference in Paris, April 19, 2007. Le Pen, standing in his fifth and probably final presidential election, is a former paratrooper who sees immigration as the source of France's ills. (UPI Photo/Eco Clement)

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