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Voters in France’s overseas territories were casting their ballots on Saturday in the second round of pivotal parliamentary elections in which the far-right is looking to take control of the National Assembly in Paris. The polling stations opened at 8 am (1000 GMT) on the small French archipelago of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon off the east coast of Canada, local media reported. Other overseas territories in the Caribbean, South Pacific and elsewhere will follow, before mainland France votes on Sunday. The stakes are high: A big victory by Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigration National Rally (RN) and …