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An Afghan worker rolls up the carpet after a joint press conference of President Hollande and President Karzai at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 25, 2012. Anja Niedringhaus/AP
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (l.) greets French President François Hollande outside 10 Downing Street in London, before their meeting inside on July 10, 2012. Matt Dunham/AP
France's President François Hollande (l.) receives a kiss from a child as he attends the 50th anniversary ceremony of the reconciliation meeting between former French president Charles de Gaulle and German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer after World War Two, in Reims on July 8, 2012. Jacky Naegelen/Reuters
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and French President Hollande react after a speech in front of Reims cathedral, in Reims, eastern France, Sunday July 8, 2012. Leaders of France and Germany meet to mark 50 years of an important step toward cooperation after two world wars, amid today's tensions over Europe's financial crisis. Jacky Naegelen/AP
French President Hollande (l.) arrives for a news conference on the second day of the G20 summit in Los Cabos June 19, 2012. Henry Romero/Reuters
French President Hollande takes his place for a meeting with the Italian and Spanish Prime Ministers and German Chancellor at Villa Madama in Rome June 22, 2012. Lionel Bonaventure/Reuters
French President Hollande looks on during a news conference with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti at Chigi palace in Rome June 14, 2012. Max Rossi/Reuters
French President Hollande shakes hand with people during a visit to the Percy military hospital in Clamart, south of Paris, May 29, 2012. Philippe Wojazer/Pool/AP
President Hollande waits for the arrival of Benin and African Union President Thomas Boni Yayi, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, May 29, 2012. Jacques Brinon/AP
President Hollande and Benin's President Thomas Boni Yayi attend a news conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris May 29, 2012. Philippe Wojazer/Reuters
President Hollande (r.,) followed by his Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and his Defense Minister Jean Yves Le Drian arrive at Kabul airport, Afghanistan, May 25, 2012, before visiting troops in the Kapisa region. Joel Saget/Pool/AP
President Hollande and Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrive for a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 25, 2012. Hollande announced that his country's troops had carried out their mission in Afghanistan and that it was time for them to leave, an early pullout that will be coordinated with the United States and other allies. Anja Niedringhaus/AP
French President François Hollande looks on during a news conference at the NATO Summit in Chicago, May 21, 2012. Philippe Wojazer/Reuters
French President François Hollande talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during the NATO Partners meeting at the NATO Summit, Monday, May 21, 2012, in Chicago. Carolyn Kaster/AP
Austrian President Werner Faymann (l.), French President François Hollande (c.), and Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt talk during a family photo of leaders at the NATO Summit in Chicago, May 21, 2012. Jim Young/Reuters
French President François Hollande (l.) answers a question with US President Barack Obama during a photo opportunity at the G-8 Summit Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Camp David, Maryland. Susan Walsh/AP
France's President François Hollande waves as he leaves the podium after speaking to French citizens living abroad at the French embassy in Washington, and prior to attending the G8 summit in Camp David, May 18, 2012. Yoan Valat/Reuters
British Prime Minister David Cameron (r.) and French President François Hollande walk to their meeting at the British ambassador's residence in Washington on May 18, 2012. Andrew Winning/Reuters
Paris buildings reflect in a shop window displaying the cover of a magazine with a picture of President-elect François Hollande in Paris, May 7, 2012. France handed the presidency to leftist Hollande, a champion of government stimulus programs who says the state should protect the downtrodden, a victory that could deal a death blow to the drive for austerity. Laurent Cipriani/AP
Outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy (l.) with President-elect François Hollande, walk by the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, May 8, 2012, during a ceremony marking the end of the anniversary of World War II in Europe. Lionel Bonaventure/AP
French president-elect François Hollande reacts to supporters with his companion Valerie Trierweiler after greeting crowds gathered to celebrate his election victory in Bastille Square in Paris, May 6, 2012. Francois Mori/AP
Thomas Hollande, son of President-elect François Hollande arrives at the Socialist Party headquarters in Paris, May 7, 2012. France has awoken to a new era after electing Socialist Hollande as president, a leftist pledging to buck Europe's austerity trend and NATO's timetable for Afghanistan. Michel Spingler/AP
Supporters of France's newly-elected President François Hollande react after the early results during a victory rally at Place de la Bastille in Paris, May 6, 2012. Hollande becomes the nation's first Socialist president in 17 years. Charles Platiau /Reuters
President-elect François Hollande waves from the balcony of the Socialist Party headquarters in Paris, May 7, 2012. Michel Spingler/AP
Socialist presidential candidate François Hollande (c.) visits an AML factory, a car component production, in Hirson, eastern France, as part of his campaign for the second round of the French presidential elections, April 24, 2012. Yoan Valat/AP
French Socialist Party candidate for the 2012 presidential elections François Hollande (second l.) speaks with students as he visits a hairdressing school during his campaign in Clermont-Ferrand, central France, April 12, 2012. Christophe Ena/AP
François Hollande (l.) listens to Memorial director Jacques Fredj as he looks at the wall engraved with the names of the 76,000 Jews deported from France as part of the Nazi plan to exterminate Judaism in Europe, during a visit to the Shoah Memorial in Paris, April 29, 2012. Jacky Naegelen/AP
People pass a souvenir shop displaying a magazine with President-elect François Hollande on its cover on Champs Elysees boulevard in Paris, May 7, 2012. Laurent Cipriani/AP
François Hollande delivers his speech during a meeting in Limoges, central France, April 27, 2012 as part of his campaign for the second round of the French presidential elections. Christophe Ena)/AP
Residents look at their window as they wait for the results in the second round vote of the 2012 French presidential elections in Tulle, France, May 6, 2012. Regis Duvignau/Reuters
An election worker counts ballots during the second round of the French presidential elections, in Paris, May 6, 2012. Sarkozy conceded defeat minutes after the polls closed. Zacharie Scheurer/AP
François Hollande, is covered in flour after an unidentified woman ran on stage and threw the flour on Hollande in Paris, Feb. 1, 2012. The woman ran to the side of the podium where Socialist Hollande stood to sign a 'social contract' in favor of housing for all. AP
France's Socialist Party primary election candidates, (l.-r.) Martine Aubry, Manuel Vals, Jean-Michel Baylet, Arnaud Montebourg, François Hollande and Segolene Royal, are seen in the studios of BFM news television, before the start of their final debate in Paris, October 5, 2011. Six candidates of the opposition Socialist Party held three televised debates ahead of the two-round primary vote on October 9 and 16 as they prepare for the 2012 presidential elections. Michel Spingler//Reuters
Socialist lawmaker Segolene Royal stands by a poster of her then-partner, Socialist Party leader François Hollande, upon her arrival for the Socialist Rose Fair in Cambrin, northern France, April 30, 2006. The mother of four was the darling of polls in early running for spring 2007 presidential elections. Michel Spingler/AP
A cyclist rides past a news rack displaying copies of French daily newspapers with pictures of France's newly-elected President in Strasbourg, May 7, 2012, the day after Socialist party François Hollande won French presidency. Vincent Kessler /Reuters
France's socialist deputies Jean Le Garrec (l.) and François Hollande listen to Portugal's President Jorge Sampaio delivering a speech to French deputies at the National Assembly in Paris, April 12, 2005. Charles Platiau/AP
A supporter of French Socialist Party, Christophe Bonvalot, sticks up official posters of candidate for the 2012 presidential elections François Hollande, in Paris, April 12, 2012. Thibault Camus/AP
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/23
In Pictures: Huge hurricanes
In Pictures: Oh to be young again, Mr. President!
In Pictures: Facing the devastation of the Oklahoma tornadoes
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/22
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/21
In Pictures: Sinkholes around the world
In Pictures: What happened to the green revolution in Iran?
In Pictures: Sandy: Chronicle of an unrelenting storm
The Palestinians have lobbied for European support for their bid at non-member status at the United Nations. Approval would boost Palestinian efforts to gain international recognition.
France said on Tuesday it would vote in favor of Palestinian non-member status at the United Nations, an important boost in Palestinian efforts to secure greater international recognition.
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