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France's iconic activist farmer Jos Bov has thrown his hat into the ring for April's presidential election, as a candidate for the anti-capitalist far left. Calling for an "electoral uprising against economic liberalism," the 53-year-old anti-globalisation campaigner told a press conference in a poor north Paris suburb he wanted to be a "spokesman for those who have no voice". Bov currently faces a possible four-month jail sentence for destroying genetically-modified crops in a case to go before France's high court of appeal early this month, although he has vowed he will campaign from his jail cell if necessary. Images and soundbites from Jos Bov 's press conference. (c) 2006 AFP
