Zut Alors! Sarko Blasts Photogs on US Boat Trip

Clad only in swim trunks, French President Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday lashed out at two US news photographers—screaming at them in French to scram—while he was vacationing with his family on a New Hampshire lake. "The president was very agitated, speaking French at a loud volume very rapidly," said one of the photographers.

Sarkozy was headed into open water when he spotted the two journalists on a boat. He redirected his boat toward them and jumped on board to scold them. At first "he was smiling," said an AP photographer who had permission from a security patrol boat to be nearby. "Then he noticed us taking pictures and his happy demeanor diminished immediately." (More New Hampshire stories.)