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PARIS (Reuters) - President Nicolas Sarkozy's chances of clinging to power were fading two days before France's election runoff after far-right and centrist leaders deserted him, despite polls putting Socialist Francois Hollande's lead at its narrowest so far. Centrist Francois Bayrou appeared to drive a nail into the conservative president's political coffin by declaring on Thursday he would vote for Hollande, and accusing Sarkozy of pandering to the xenophobic, anti-European far-right and being obsessed with immigration. Earlier this week, far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, who won 17. ...More...