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Post for Sarko Son Sparks Howls of Protest

Law student tapped to run huge, lucrative business district

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 13, 2009 4:32 AM CDT

(Newser) – It's not every day that a 23-year-old law student is tapped to manage the largest office park in Europe, but when you are Jean Sarkozy, anything's possible. The son of the French president, who already has a local government post, has the ruling party's official... Read full story »

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