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      "id": 104061,
      "date": "2002-06-27",
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      "title": "France: Election by Default, 2002",
      "summary": "On May 5, 2002, the French people re-elected Jacques Chirac president, and on June 16 gave\nhim\na center-right parliamentary majority. The tumultuous two-round presidential elections saw the\nelimination of Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin in the first round, and left the racist, extreme\nright candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen as Chirac's opponent in the second round. Chirac won by a wide\nmargin, but many voters, perhaps a majority, were voting against Le Pen. Chirac and Le Pen both\nran on a campaign to quell \"insecurity,\" a euphemism for a rising crime rate. Many observers believe\nthat the main candidates did not address France's principal problems during the campaign.",
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    "Foreign Affairs",
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