Hollande Defeats Sarkozy, Elected President In France

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Socialist Party candidate François Hollande beat incumbent French President Nicolas Sarkozy in the run-off presidential elections Sunday, 52 percent to 48 percent, according to Le Monde. Hollande will be the first Socialist president of France in nearly two decades. 

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