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In this picture provided by the German government, German chancellor Angela Merkel talks with new French President Francois Hollande prior to a dinner at the chancellery in Berlin Tuesday. (Guido Bergmann/German Government Press Office/AP)
11:53 pm ET -After he assumed the presidency in a Paris ceremony, the new French president headed for Germany to meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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