French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech next to French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault during a visit to the French naval defence contractor DCNS headquarters in Paris on April 26, 2016. France beat off competition from Germany and Japan to win a Aus$50 billion (US$39 billion) contract to design and build Australia's next generation of submarines, a decision Tokyo called “deeply regrettable”. (Photo by Christophe Petit Tesson/AFP Photo)
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