French Socialists nominate leftwinger Hamon for president

France's divided Socialists picked leftwinger Benoit Hamon as their presidential nominee Sunday, in the latest twist of a roller-coaster election race that has seen conservative frontrunner Francois Fillon engulfed in scandal. Results from a Socialist primary runoff vote Sunday showed Hamon beating his centrist rival Manuel Valls with 58.65 percent of the vote in a clear victory for the left-wing of the party. "Our country needs the left but a modern, innovative left turned towards the future,"