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Disenchantment with Sarkozy

FRANCE’S LEFT-WING parties have taken full advantage of their victory in the first round of the regional elections by uniting their forces ahead of next Sunday’s run-off. Their good showing in nearly all the country’s metropolitan departments is inevitably taken as a commentary on President Nicolas Sarkozy’s record.

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  • A man carries an Irish flag during the St. Patrick's Day parade in New York,USA, March 17. Photo: Shannon Stapleton/REUTERS
  • A man walks past a showcase as he enters the Baselworld in Basel, Switzerland, March 17. The world's leading watch and jewellery show Baselworld is to be held in Basel from April 18 to 25. Photo: Christian Hartmann /REUTERS
  • The portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto also known as The Absinthe Drinker, painted by Pablo Picasso in Christie's auction house on March 17 in London, England. The work has the highest pre-sale estimate for any work of art at auction in Europe with an estimated value of £30-40 million. The painting is the highlight of Christie's Impressionist and Modern Art Sale on June 23. Photo : Lewis Whyld/PA
  • An army band practices before a visit by Britain's Prince Charles with his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall at the Tadeusz Kosciuszko 1st Warsaw Armored Brigade in Wesola, Poland March 17. Photo: Peter Andrews/REUTERS
  • Ultra-Orthodox Jews walk through Ramat Shlomo, a religious Jewish settlement in an area of the occupied West Bank Israel annexed to Jerusalem March 17. Netanyahu on Monday rejected any curbs on Jewish settlement in and around Jerusalem, defying Washington in Israel's deepening crisis with U.S. President Barack Obama's administration. Photo: Amir Cohen/REUTERS
  • Palestinian schoolchildren hold posters depicting the Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa mosque during a protest at the Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp, southern Lebanon March 17. The protest was held against Israel's consecration of a synagogue in Jerusalem's Old City and to express solidarity with Palestinians in Jerusalem who were protesting in a "day of rage" on Tuesday. Photo: Ali Hashisho
  • Fishermen work on their fishing boat on the Mekong river in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 17. Changing weather patterns and rising seas are already affecting many people in Southeast Asia's Greater Mekong Basin and climate change threatens the livelihoods of millions more, a report by global conservation group WWF shows. Photo: Chor Sokunthea/REUTERS
  • A racing fan wears a tricolour wig to mark St Patrick's day at Cheltenham Racing Festival, England March 17th. Photo: Dara Mac Dónaill /The Irish Times
  • The St.Patrick's Day Parade makes it's way down O'Connell Street Dublin, Ireland on 17th March. Photo: Brenda Fitzsimons/The Irish Times
  • Bulls fight during the annual Bullfighting Festival on March 17 in Cheongdo, South Korea. More than 130 bulls from South Korea and abroad charge and lock horns in the annual festival which will run until March 21. Photo : Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
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