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FN leader and presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen holds a press conferences in Saint-Cloud, near Paris, France, on March 30, 2007. Photo by Thierry Orban/ABACAPRESS.COM Stock Photo - Alamy
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French extreme right National Front party leader Jean-Marie le Pen addresses supporters at his campaign headquarters in Saint Cloud near Paris, April 21, 2002 after beating French socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin
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