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From left: European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, ...

(AFP) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - From left: European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and French President Nicolas Sarkozy attend a European Union summit in Brussels. Europe's leaders wanted to send a clear message to Asian giants from this week's summit -- one about coughing up their share in the fight against climate change. Photo:Eric Feferberg/AFP

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas ...

(AFP) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the EU summit in Brussels. The leaders of France, Germany and Spain criticised Tory leader David Cameron for urging the Czech president to delay ratifying a key EU treaty, a report said Saturday Photo:Eric Feferberg/AFP

From left: European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, ...

(AFP) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:26:00 GMT

(AFP) - From left: European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and French President Nicolas Sarkozy attend a European Union summit in Brussels. EU leaders have agreed that developing nations will need 100 billion euros per year by 2020 to tackle climate change, but failed to put a figure to Europe's own contribution amid sharp east-west differences. Photo:Eric Feferberg/AFP

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) talks with French President ...

(AFP) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:46:00 GMT

(AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy prior to an European Union summit at the European Council headquarters in Brussels. European Union leaders on Thursday cleared a major obstacle holding up the massive Lisbon reform treaty, paving the way for a new-look EU with its first-ever president. Photo:Eric Feferberg/AFP

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela ...

(AFP) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:45:00 GMT

(AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel meet in Paris on October 28. European Union leaders have gathered in Brussels hoping to lift the final obstacle to the Lisbon reform treaty and pave the way for the EU to name its first president. Photo:Gerard Cerles/AFP

The Paris trial of former French prime minister Dominique de ...

(AFP) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:10:00 GMT

(AFP) - The Paris trial of former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin and four others accused of plotting to derail Nicolas Sarkozy's bid for the presidency ended on Friday. Judges said they would hand down their verdict on January 28 in the politically explosive case, in which Villepin claims to be the victim of a personal vendetta by the French president. Duration: 01:02 Photo:/AFP

President Nicolas Sarkozy's 23-year-old son Jean delivers a ...

(AFP) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:00:00 GMT

(AFP) - President Nicolas Sarkozy's 23-year-old son Jean delivers a speech at the Hauts-de-Seine general council in Nanterre, west of Paris, during the meeting for the election of a new member of the EPAD agency overseeing development in La Defense district, seeked by him. Jean, at the centre of a bitter nepotism row, gave up his bid for a job running France's top business district. Photo:Lionel Bonaventure/AFP

French president Nicolas Sarkozy's son Jean at the centre of ...

(AFP) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:00:00 GMT

(AFP) - French president Nicolas Sarkozy's son Jean at the centre of a bitter row over alleged nepotism has abandoned his bid for a job managing the country's wealthiest business district. His decision has been welcomed by both the left and the right. Duration: 01:57 Photo:/AFP

Jean Sarkozy, 23, son of President Nicolas Sarkozy, answers ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:30:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Jean Sarkozy, 23, son of President Nicolas Sarkozy, answers journalists questions after a meeting for the election of a new member of the EPAD agency overseeing development in La Defense district at the Hauts-de-Seine general council in Nanterre. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Christophe Ena)

French elected councillor in Neuilly, Jean Sarkozy gestures ...

(AFP) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:19:00 GMT

(AFP) - French elected councillor in Neuilly, Jean Sarkozy gestures prior to answer journalist's questions during France 2 eight o'clock news in Boulogne-Billancourt, west of Paris. President Nicolas Sarkozy's 23-year-old son Jean, at the centre of a bitter row over alleged nepotism, on Thursday abandoned his bid for a job managing France's wealthiest business district. Photo:Bertrand Langlois/AFP

In this March 9, 2008 file photo, Jean Sarkozy is seen in Neuilly ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:10:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - In this March 9, 2008 file photo, Jean Sarkozy is seen in Neuilly Sur Seine, west of Paris. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Thomas Padilla, file)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (pictured in April) will make ...

(AFP) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:32:00 GMT

(AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy (pictured in April) will make an official visit to Saudi Arabia on November 17, presidential aide Claude Gueant said, according to a report in Al-Hayat newspaper. Photo:Christophe Ena/AFP

French President Nicolas Sarkozy places a Legion of Honour medal ...

(AFP) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy places a Legion of Honour medal on the coffin of a French soldier killed in Afghanistan during a funeral ceremony in Paris in August 2009. The French military has dismissed as 'baseless' a British newspaper report that French troops died in Afghanistan because Italy had failed to inform them of a Taliban payoff deal. Photo:Michel Euler/AFP

President Nicolas Sarkozy has stepped in to protect his son ...

(AFP) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:27:00 GMT

(AFP) - President Nicolas Sarkozy has stepped in to protect his son Jean (pictured here in June) as a nepotism row raged over the 23-year-old's imminent appointment to manage France's top business district. Photo:Charles Platiau/AFP

French President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks with his son Jean Sarkozy ...

(AFP) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:27:00 GMT

(AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks with his son Jean Sarkozy in 2008. The president has stepped in to protect his son as a nepotism row raged over the 23-year-old's imminent appointment to manage France's top business district. Photo:Eric Feferberg/AFP

Jean Sarkozy, son of France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, waves ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:52:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Jean Sarkozy, son of France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, waves as he arrives to visit the 'Tower First' which is part of the 'Grand Paris' project at La Defense near Paris June 30, 2009. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

This June 18, 2009 file photo shows French President Nicolas ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:55:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - This June 18, 2009 file photo shows French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, shaking hands with his son Jean Sarkozy during a commemorative ceremony at the Mont Valerien memorial in Suresnes, west of Paris. Critics are questioning a bid by President Nicolas Sarkozy's 23-year-old son for a job overseeing France's premier business district. Jean Sarkozy, a municipal official, is the key candidate to become chairman of EPAD, the agency that oversees billions of euros in contracts and business at La Defense on the western outskirts of Paris. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Chales Platiau, pool, File)

President Nicolas Sarkozy's son Jean is seen here in 2008. The ...

(AFP) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:47:00 GMT

(AFP) - President Nicolas Sarkozy's son Jean is seen here in 2008. The 23-year-old's imminent promotion to manage France's wealthiest business district drew howls of protest and derision over the 23-year-old's meteoric political rise. Photo:Pierre Verdy/AFP

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy shakes hands with his son ...

(AFP) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:47:00 GMT

(AFP) - France's President Nicolas Sarkozy shakes hands with his son Jean Sarkozy during a ceremony marking a World War II commemoration event at the Mont Valerien in Suresnes, near Paris in June 2009. The imminent promotion of Sarkozy's son to manage France's wealthiest business district drew howls of protest and derision over the 23-year-old's meteoric political rise. Photo:Charles Platiau/AFP

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) speaks with French Culture ...

(AFP) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) speaks with French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand (R) as they arrive to open 'De Byzance à Istanbul', a major exhibit of art from Turkey at the Grand Palais museum in Paris. Mitterrand appeared to have saved his job on Friday after an emotional television appearance in which he admitted paying for gay sex but angrily denied paedophilia charges. Photo:Christophe Ena/AFP

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) welcomes his Turkish counterpart ...

(AFP) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:22:00 GMT

(AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) welcomes his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul (R) at the Elysee palace. The leaders vowed Friday to boost business and diplomatic ties although the Turkish leader failed to dent French opposition to his country's EU bid. Photo:Eric Feferberg/AFP

Turkish Prime Minister Abdullah Gul previewed a major exhibition ...

(AFP) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:22:00 GMT

(AFP) - Turkish Prime Minister Abdullah Gul previewed a major exhibition in Paris dedicated to the rich history of his country's commercial capital, 'From Byzantium to Istanbul', which opens on Saturday. President Nicolas Sarkozy and his culture minister, Frederic Mitterrand, accompanied Gul and his wife. Photo:/AFP

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (left) speaks with his Culture ...

(AFP) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:37:00 GMT

(AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy (left) speaks with his Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand at the Grand Palais museum in Paris. Mitterrand appeared to have saved his job after an emotional television appearance in which he admitted paying for gay sex but angrily denied paedophilia charges. Photo:Christophe Ena/AFP

Noam Shalit, the father of French-Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit ...

(AFP) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:29:00 GMT

(AFP) - Noam Shalit, the father of French-Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit who has been held in Gaza for more than three years, answers journalists on in Paris on October 7, the eve of his meeting with French president Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace. Noam Shalit said Thursday he saw no immediate hope that his son would be freed soon, despite the release of a video last week showing him alive. Photo:Thomas Coex/AFP

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (left) and French Culture Minister ...

(AFP) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:15:00 GMT

(AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy (left) and French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand are pictured in Paris in June 2009. French politicians from left and right have demanded that Mitterrand answer allegations that a memoir he wrote endorses sex tourism. Photo:Patrick Kovarik/AFP

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) welcomes Malaysian Prime ...

(AFP) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) welcomes Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak prior to a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris. France wants to make Malaysia a 'privileged partner' in southeast Asia, Sarkozy told Najib on Wednesday, according to an official. Photo:Eric Feferberg/AFP

President Barack Obama, followed by British Prime Minister Gordon ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:57:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - President Barack Obama, followed by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, center, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives to make a statement on Iran's nuclear facility, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009, during the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Gerald Herbert)

US President Barack Obama (C), French President Nicolas Sarkozy ...

(AFP) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:03:00 GMT

(AFP) - US President Barack Obama (C), French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, announce at a joint press conference that their governments demanded immediate access to a secret nuclear site revealed by Iran, dramatically heightening a showdown driven by fears Tehran is seeking atomic weapons. Photo:Jewel Samad/AFP

From right: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, US President ...

(AFP) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:03:00 GMT

(AFP) - From right: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, US President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy deliver a statement on Iran at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. World leaders demanded on Friday that UN nuclear inspectors be given access to a previously secret Iranian plant and threatened to impose tough new sanctions on Tehran. Photo:Win Mcnamee/AFP

French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Friday at the G20 ...

(AFP) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:03:00 GMT

(AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Friday at the G20 in Pittsburgh that sanctions will have to be taken if Iran doesn't change nuclear stance by December. Photo:/AFP

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (L) stands with French ...

(AFP) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (L) stands with French President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) during a group photo during the G20 summit in Pittsburgh. Newly crowned the world's top economic forum, the G20 summit will crack down on banker bonuses and urge governments to keep pumping out stimulus money, leaders said Friday. Photo:Jim Watson/AFP

US President Barack Obama (R) makes a statement on Iran with ...

(AFP) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - US President Barack Obama (R) makes a statement on Iran with British PM Gordon Brown (C) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh. Iran's new uranium enrichment plant, whose existence was made public on Friday, was not secret and would operate under the rules of the UN nuclear watchdog, the country's nuclear chief told AFP. Photo:Jim Watson/AFP

U.S. President Barack Obama (C) holds a news conference with ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:37:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama (C) holds a news conference with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the G20 Summit in the Pittsburgh Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 25, 2009. Iran has told the U.N. nuclear watchdog that it has a second uranium enrichment plant under construction, a belated disclosure sure to heighten Western fears of a stealthy Iranian quest for nuclear arms capability. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, flanked by President Barack ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:21:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy, flanked by President Barack Obama, and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, makes a statement on Iran's nuclear facility, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009,during the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Carolyn Kaster)

From right: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, US President ...

(AFP) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:56:00 GMT

(AFP) - From right: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, US President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy deliver a statement on Iran at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The US, Britain, France and Germany have demanded immediate access to a previously secret Iranian nuclear site and threatened to impose tough new sanctions on Tehran. Photo:Win Mcnamee/AFP

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, accompanied by President Barack ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:45:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy, accompanied by President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, makes a statement on Iran's nuclear facility. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Charles Dharapak)

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) speaks at a press conference ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:01:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama (L) speaks at a press conference with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) and France's President Sarkozy (not shown) at the Pittsburgh G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 25, 2009. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Nicolas Sarkozy, president of France, delivers remarks in the ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:03:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Nicolas Sarkozy, president of France, delivers remarks in the United Nations Security Council, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Richard Drew)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) welcomes Britain's Prime ...

(AFP) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:51:00 GMT

(AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) welcomes Britain's Prime minister Gordon Brown for a dinner on September 15, 2009. Iran's UN mission on Thursday rejected as 'totally untrue' allegations by the leaders of France and Britain that Tehran is making a covert grab to develop nuclear weapons. Photo:Eric Feferberg/AFP

VIDEO: French President Nicolas Sarkozy has suggested a December ...

(AFP) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:24:00 GMT

(AFP) - VIDEO: French President Nicolas Sarkozy has suggested a December deadline for Iran to show progress in talks with world powers on its suspect nuclear programme. Duration: 00:48 Photo:/AFP

French President Nicolas Sarkozy gives a speech during the first ...

(AFP) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:11:00 GMT

(AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy gives a speech during the first day of the UN General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Sarkozy on Wednesday rejected as 'blackmail' Iran's offer to help a French teaching assistant detained in Tehran if France reciprocates with Iranian prisoners on its territory. Photo:Emmanuel Dunand/AFP

France's ex-prime minister Dominique de Villepin lashed out ...

(AFP) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:22:00 GMT

(AFP) - France's ex-prime minister Dominique de Villepin lashed out at Nicolas Sarkozy as he went on trial on Monday on charges of conspiring to defame the president in 2004 in a showdown between the old foes. Duration: 01:33 Photo:/AFP

File photo shows Dominique de Villepin (R) with Nicolas Sarkozy ...

(AFP) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:38:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo shows Dominique de Villepin (R) with Nicolas Sarkozy at the National Assembly. France's most politically-charged trial of the decade begins in this week but the explosive case is already playing itself out in the court of public opinion. Villepin is accused of plotting to smear Nicolas Sarkozy Photo:Olivier Laban-Mattei/AFP

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (left) greets Lebanon's President ...

(AFP) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (left) greets Lebanon's President Michel Sleiman in Paris in 2008. Sarkozy has voiced support for Sleiman and his prime minister-designate as they struggle to piece together a new government. Photo:Dominique Faget/AFP

Iran's foreign ministry has lashed out at French President Nicolas ...

(AFP) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:53:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iran's foreign ministry has lashed out at French President Nicolas Sarkozy for saying his intelligence services are certain Tehran is working on a nuclear weapons programme Photo:Thomas Bregardis/AFP

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) and Britain's Prime minister ...

(AFP) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:14:00 GMT

(AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) and Britain's Prime minister Gordon Brown give a speech after a dinner at the Elysee palace in Paris. Brown expressed confidence Tuesday an agreement would be reached at next week's G20 summit after talks with Sarkozy, who wants to curb bankers' bonuses. Photo:Eric Feferberg/AFP

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) greets Spain's Prime ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:43:00 GMT

(Reuters) - France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) greets Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero as he arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris September 11, 2009. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Former South African President Nelson Mandela attends a meeting ...

() — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:40:17 GMT

() - Former South African President Nelson Mandela attends a meeting with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (not pictured) at the Elysee palace in Paris September 4, 2007. Mandela, in Paris on a private visit, met Sarkozy for dinner at the Elysee Palace on Tuesday, Sarkozy's spokesman said. REUTERS/Thomas Coex/Pool