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News in Brief Once More: What Was Marine Le Pen Doing Getting Coffee at Trump Tower? The objective of last week’s coffee chat is as unclear as Marine Le Pen’s stance on Donald Trump… Pacific Standard Staff
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News in Brief Why François Hollande Won’t Run for Re-Election in 2017 And what to make of his indictment of the xenophobia plaguing Europe’s left. Massoud Hayoun
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