germany Merkel defends support for Sarkozy <p>German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman on Monday defended her support for French President Nicolas Sarkozy's re-election, arguing his Socialist rival had also come to Berlin to back the German opposition.</p>
Election French left picks Hollande for president <p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Francois Hollande has won the nomination to represent F<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">rance's Socialists against President Nicolas Sarkozy in next year's presidential vote. </span></span></p>
