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An unidentified supporter of French president-elect Emmanuel Macron, carrying French and European flags, leaves the Champs Elysees avenue after attending a ceremony to mark the end of World War II in Paris, France, Monday, May 8, 2017. Macron defeated far-right leader Marine Le Pen handily in Sunday's presidential vote, and now must pull together a majority for his year-old political movement by mid-June legislative elections. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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Macron now needs majority to govern

by Sylvie Corbet Associated Press, and John Leicester Associated PressMay 8, 2017

People wave French flags at the Louvre museum where Emmanuel Macron is planning to celebrate, Sunday, May 7, 2017 in Paris.Thousands of supporters of French centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron have let out a big cheer when national television called the presidential election in his favor based on poll projections. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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Pro-EU Macron becomes president

by John Leicester Associated Press, and Sylvie Corbet Associated PressMay 8, 2017

French independent centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron waves to his supporters during a campaign rally in Paris, France, Monday, May 1st, 2017. With just six days until a French presidential vote that could define Europe's future, far-right leader Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron are holding high-stakes rallies Monday. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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Le Pen, Macron clash in debate

by John Leicester Associated PressMay 3, 2017

A man picks a ballot paper before voting for the first-round presidential election at a polling station in Paris, Sunday, April 23, 2017. French voters are casting ballots for their next president in an unusually close first-round election Sunday, after a campaign dominated by concerns about jobs and immigration and clouded by security fears following a recent attack on police guarding the Champs-Elysees in Paris. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Macron, Le Pen in French presidential election runoff

by John Leicester Associated Press, and Lori Hinnant Associated PressApril 23, 2017

Three people pose by a banner they set up and reading "Our hearts with the police, Long live France" at the place where a police officer was killed Thursday on the Champs Elysees boulevard, Friday, April 21, 2017 in Paris. The Champs-Elysees gunman who shot and killed a police officer just days before France's presidential election was detained in February for threatening police but then freed, two officials told The Associated Press on Friday.

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Champs-Elysees gunman had note defending IS group

by Lori Hinnant Associated Press, and John Leicester Associated PressApril 22, 2017

Travelers wait outside the Orly airport , south of Paris, Saturday, March, 18, 2017. A man was shot dead after wrestling a soldier to the ground at Paris' Orly Airport and trying to take her rifle, officials said. No one else in the busy terminal was hurt, but thousands of travelers were evacuated and flights were diverted to the city's other airport. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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Man killed at Paris airport had criminal past, radical flags

by Nicolas Garriga Associated Press, and John Leicester Associated PressMarch 18, 2017

Police officers patrol at the pyramid outside the Louvre museum in Paris,Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. Paris police say a soldier has opened fire outside the Louvre Museum after he was attacked by someone, and the area is being evacuated. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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Soldiers thwart attack on Louvre, tourists held in lockdown

by Raphael Satter Associated Press, Sylvie Corbet Associated Press, Staff Report Associated Press, and John Leicester Associated PressFebruary 4, 2017

Benoit Hamon greets supporters after winning the socialist party presidential nomination in Paris, Sunday.

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Hamon to lead Socialists into French election

by John Leicester Associated Press, and Sylvie Corbet Associated PressJanuary 30, 2017

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, who is nominated for the International Athletic Foundation "2016 Athlete of the Year Award", poses before a press conference, Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, in Monaco. The IAAF 2016 World Athletics Gala will take place tonight in Monaco. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

Bolt says 200-meter world record now likely beyond him

by John Leicester Associated PressDecember 2, 2016

FILE - In this July 9, 2016, file photo, Indian athlete Dutee Chand gestures at a felicitation event in Bangalore, India. The Indian sprinter has qualified for the Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport issued a landmark ruling that challenged her suspension for hyperandrogenism a condition which produces higher than normal testosterone levels in women. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)

Only on AP: Inside an Olympian’s testosterone ordeal

by John Leicester Associated PressAugust 15, 2016