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L-R : Jean-Pierre Elkabbach, a guest, Nicolas Sarkozy, Jacques Chancel, Laurence Ferrari, Renaud Capucon, chat during a ceremony at the Elysee Palace as French president Nicolas Sarkozy bestows 'Legion d'Honneur' and 'Merite'
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