PARIS -- Polling stations opened across France on Sunday for the final round of a tense presidential election battle between incumbent right-winger Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist challenger Francois Hollande.
More than 43 million French citizens in Europe were eligible to vote in the run-off, which began on Saturday in the country's overseas territories and was due to close at 8:00 pm (1800 GMT), when preliminary results are announced.
source: interaksyon.com
