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The French presidential election has been won by the right wing candidate Nicolas Sarkozy. With most ballots counted after the runoff on Sunday, results show he won 53% of the vote, finishing 6 points ahead of his Socialist rival Segolene Royal. Speaking to his jubilant supporters, Mr.Sarkozy promised to rehabilitate work, authority, morality and respect. But he also called for unity, adding that it was not the victory of one France against another. From Paris, Caroline While reports.
A huge cheer went up from the crowds gathered outside Nicolas Sarkozy's party headquarters as result was announced. His supporters, young and old, began to sing the national anthem Marseillaise as the right winger arrived to begin his victory speech with the promise to the nation. On the streets of Paris, Sarkozy's supporters cracked open champagne, they celebrated the start of a new era for France after 12 years under Jacques Chirac. Nonetheless, Mr.Sarkozy remains a divisive figure for the French. 3,000 police were deployed across Paris's near-suburbs to prevent trouble, but there were minor clashes with protestors at the Place de la Bastille and in some of the cities. Mr.Sarkozy will have to work hard to convince those who voted against him, but he really will be a president for the whole of France.

In his victory speech, Mr.Sarkozy also promised that France would be a reliable partner for Europe, and he reached out to the United States, promising that France would be a good friend. In the US, President Bush telephoned Mr.Sarkozy to offer his congratulations. His election has also been welcomed by the European Commission in Brussels. Here is our Europe reporter Domini Cues.
On the European Constitution, Mr.Sarkozy plans to put a mini treaty to the French parliament and avoid another risky referendum. That chimes with the Commission's preference for a quick solution to a question that has bedeviled Europe ever since French and Dutch voters rejected the constitution two years ago. Nonetheless, Mr.Sarkozy's reforming political outlook fits with that of commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. His promise to ease labour markets and a generally business-friendly agenda is in tune with the Barroso led commission.

The Cameroon authorities say the Kenyan airways's Boeing 737 that disappeared on Saturday has been found in swampland southeast of Douala airport. There is no word yet on whether any of the 114 people on board survived. Adam Miner reports.
It appears that flight KQ507 came down just few minutes after it had taken off from Douala on Friday night. wreckage has been found in a mangrove swamp close to the town. The hunt for the plane took more than 40 hours and was made more difficult by heavy rainfall and dense forest. It's reported that some emergency services have reached the site of the crash, but there is no indication yet that any of the 100 plus passengers has survived. The plane had been on the flight to Nairobi.

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The governing party in Turkey has called for direct presidential elections after its latest attempt to have its candidate elected by parliament was scuppered by the opposition. The sole presidential nominee ,foreign minister Abdullah Guml has withdrawn from the race and he said the correct thing now would be for the Turkish people to elect the head of state directly. The main secularist opposition party which fears that Mr.Guml has an Islamist agenda boycotted today's parliamentary vote, rendering it invalid.

At least 8 American soldiers and a European journalist had been killed in separate attacks in Iraq. 6 soldiers and a reporter were killed by a roadside bomb northeast of the capital Baghdad. 2 other US soldiers died in separate bomb attacks in the capital. Nearly a hundred Iraqis were either killed or found dead on Sunday. The Chief US Military spokesman in Baghdad, Major General William Caldwell acknowledged that although more US soldiers were being deployed, there was still some way to go to improve security for Iraqis.
"We should have the additional forces,operating as with our Iraqi counterparts all in place by the first in next month. As we all know, the security situation is complex and challenging. Our efforts may get harder before life gets easier for the Iraqis."

Gunmen have opened fire at United Nations school for refugees in the Gaza Strip, killing a security guard and injuring several other people. A militant group said it carried out the attack because a party being hold of the school was unislamic. Girls and boys were mixing freely, and pop music was being played. However, a member of the UN team who was there said no girls were present.

A brazilian court has ordered a brewery to pay nearly 50,000 dollars in compensation to a beer taster who says his job made him alcoholic. The unidentified employee of Sao Paulo's AmBev Brewery said that for more than a decade he drank up to 25 small glasses of beer a day while he also received a bottle after each shift.

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