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Sarkozy faces heavy defeat in French regional poll (Reuters)

March 20th, 2010

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech at the Elysee Palace in Paris March 20, 2010, as part of Francophonie International Day, organized by the International Francophonie (French-Speaking countries) Organization. REUTERS/Olivier Laban-Mattei/PoolReuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s center-right party faces heavy losses in regional elections Sunday that could affect the pace of reform as maneuvering begins before the 2012 presidential campaign.


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French officials arrest widow of ex-Rwandan leader (AP)

March 2nd, 2010

Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana and his wife Agathe during a 1977 visit to the Elysee Palace in Paris. French authorities have arrested Agathe after Rwanda accused her of helping to plan the country's 1994 genocide.(AFP/File/STF)AP - French authorities on Tuesday arrested the widow of the former Rwandan president killed in a plane crash widely considered the event that sparked the east African country’s 1994…