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Feb 12 2008, AP

French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s 21-year-old son will not stand for mayor in a wealthy Paris suburb, the leader of the president’s conservative UMP party said Tuesday, putting an end to speculation about the young man’s ambitions.

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In this March 27, 2008 file photo, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, arrive in Greenwich, London. France’s first lady sings in English and dreams in Italian, and the president’s roots reach to Hungary and Greece....