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A Look at France's Top Presidential Contenders

The French went to the polls Sunday to vote in the first round of the country's presidential election. Twelve candidates were on the ballot, but only the top two — Nicolas Sarkozy and Segolene Royal — made it through to the final runoff on May 6. Here, brief profiles of the four leading candidates, in order of their standing in pre-election polls:

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