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Mon 04 Apr 2007Expatriates still queuing as poll closesFRANCE:If the French expatriates gathered in Frazers pub in O'Connell Street, Dublin, had their way, Ségolène Royal would already be French president.As she appeared on French television to acknowledge her progression into the final round of voting in the presidential election, cheers broke out among the largely twentysomethings gathered inside.