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ASSOCIATED PRESS IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn was seen as the strongest potential challenger to French President Nicolas Sarkozy until his arrest Saturday.

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FILE - In this May 17, 2010 file photo, actor Benicio Del Toro arrives for the screening of "Biutiful", at the 63rd international film festival, in Cannes, southern France. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, file)

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A woman with her face covered by a niqab is taken away by police officers in Paris on Monday, the first day of France's ban on Islamic face veils. The law was met with a burst of defiance, as several veiled women arrived at Notre Dame Cathedral and two were detained for taking part in an unauthorized protest. France is the first country to ban the veils anywhere in public. (Associated Press)

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An unidentified veiled woman, flanked by a friend (center right), is taken away by plainclothes and uniformed police officers from in front of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral on Monday, April 11, 2011. France's new ban on Islamic face veils, which came into effect Monday, was met with a burst of defiance, with two veiled women detained for taking part in an unauthorized protest. France is the world's first country to ban the veils anywhere in public. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speak about nuclear power safety after their meeting in Tokyo on Thursday. (Associated Press)

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France's midfielder Samir Nasri, rear, and Luxembourg's Ben Payal challenge for the ball during their Euro 2012 group D qualifying match at the Josy Barthel stadium in Luxembourg city, Luxembourg, Friday March 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

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U.S Secretary of state Hillary Clinton, right, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy walk in the Elysee Palace in Paris, during a crisis summit on Libya Saturday, March, 19, 2011. Britain and France took the lead in plans to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya on Friday, sending British warplanes to the Mediterranean and announcing a crisis summit in Paris with the U.N. and Arab allies.(AP Photo/Lionel Bonaventure, Pool)

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa discuss in the Elysee Palace in Paris, during a crisis summit on Libya, Saturday, March, 19, 2011. Britain and France took the lead in plans to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya on Friday, sending British warplanes to the Mediterranean and announcing a crisis summit in Paris with the U.N. and Arab allies. (AP Photo/Lionel Bonaventure, Pool)

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Before World War II forced their departure, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor lived in France where they were photographed early in 1939 in Cannes. The duke, who abdicated the British throne in 1936, died in 1972 and his wife in 1986. (Associated Press)

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San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker (9), of France, shoots over Sacramento Kings' Eugene Jeter, right, during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game on Friday, March 11, 2011, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Former French President Jacques Chirac, 78, leaves his office in Paris on Monday, March 7, 2011. Mr. Chirac's long-awaited trial on corruption charges stemming from his tenure as mayor of Paris was postponed on Tuesday until at least June. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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Memphis Grizzlies' Shane Battier, left, and Mike Conley, right, try to strip the ball from San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker, of France, during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)

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FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2011 file photo, U.S. actress Sharon Stone arrives for the screening of "Largo Winch II" in Paris, France. (AP Photo / Francois Mori, file)

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French President Jacques Chirac, right, and his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak gesture during a press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris on July 25, 2002. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

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In this photo released by World Press Photo, the 2nd prize Spot News Stories of the 2011 World Press Photo contest by Corentin Fohlen, France, Fedephoto, of anti-government riots in Bangkok, Thailand, May 2010. (AP Photo/Corentin Fohlen/Fedephoto)

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In this photo released by World Press Photo, the 1st prize General News Stories of the World Press Photo 2011 contest by Olivier Laban-Mattei, France, Agence France-Presse, shows a man throwing a dead body at the morgue of the general hospital, Port-au-Prince, Jan. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Olivier Laban-Mattei/AFP)

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Lawyers wearing masks reading "Forbidden of Expression" protest with judges in front of the Justice Palace in Nice, France, on Thursday during a national protest by judges and lawyers against criticism by French President Nicolas Sarkozy of the legal system. (Associated Press)