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New French President Francois Hollande will officially take power in May 15 after ousting incumbent conservative Nicolas Sarkozy with tight margin, local media said Monday. Citing Elysee source, the local broadcaster Europe 1 reported the date of power transfer was decided by General Secretary of the Presidency of the Republic Xavier Musca and Hollande's campaign manager, Pierre Moscovici. Hollande won 51.62 percent of the vote beating President Sarkozy who collected 48.38 percent on Sunday's presidential run-off which gave France its first socialist head of state after Francois Mitterand quit power in 1995. XXXXXXXXXXXX FGN US airstrike kills 'most wanted' Al-Qaeda leader in Yemen Washington: A US drone strike in Yemen has reportedly killed a top Al-Qaeda leader on the FBI's most wanted list for his role in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole warship. According to Yemeni military officials, Fahd al-Quso was one of two Al-Qaeda operatives who died after an aircraft fired a missile into the Wadi Rafad valley in the country's southern Shabwa province. Fox News quoted two American officials, as saying that the CIA carried out the mission after a surveillance operation by the agency and US military, with authorisation by the Yemeni government. Al-Quso, 37, was on the FBI's most wanted list, with a 5 million-dollar reward for information leading to his capture. He was indicted in the US for his role in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in the harbor of Aden , Yemen , in which 17 American sailors were killed and 39 injured. The airstrike came as the US and Yemen cooperate in a battle against Al Qaeda in southern Yemen.

French newly-elected President Hollande to take office on May 15