Final Showdown Coming Close

A wall screen shows the televised debate between Socialist Party candidate for the presidential election Francois Hollande and current President and conservative rival for re-election, Nicolas Sarkozy, at the TF1 television studio, in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris, Wednesday, May 2, 2012. The prime-time debate between conservative incumbent Sarkozy and his leftist challenger Hollande is billed in newspaper headlines Wednesday as “The Last Duel” and “The Final Confrontation,” providing a sense of suspense in a campaign that, if polls are right, has lacked it from the beginning. <AP/Newsis>

Combo photo taken from TV screen shows French Socialist presidential candidate Francois Hollande during the televised TV debate with incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy for the 2012 French presidential election, in Paris, France, May 2, 2012. <Xinhua/Gao Jing>

French incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy during the televised TV debate with Socialist challenger Francois Hollande for the 2012 French presidential election, in Paris, France, May 2, 2012. <Xinhua/Gao Jing>

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