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  • July 2008

    • New McCain Ad Says Obama Like Britney, Paris

      Time  |  Jul 30, 08 4:30 PM CDT

      New McCain Ad Says Obama Like Britney, Paris

      (Newser) - A new ad from the McCain campaign deems Obama the “biggest celebrity in the world” while flashing images of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, Time reports. While mocking his rock-star status with other images from his trip to Europe, it asks, "But is he ready to lead?" The Obama camp responded that McCain has launched “yet another…false, negative attack. Or, as some might say, ‘Oops! He did it again.’” More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Britney Spears  • negative campaigning  • Paris Hilton

    • In City of Light, Bruni a Bright Bulb Indeed

      Vanity Fair  |  Jul 28, 08 4:32 PM CDT

      In City of Light, Bruni a Bright Bulb Indeed

      (Newser) - Who could have imagined that Italian supermodel-singer Carla Bruni would find love with a right-wing French president? Maureen Orth takes a look at France’s First Lady in Vanity Fair : her education in art and architecture, admiration of women's-libbers Simone de Beauvoir and Françoise Sagan, and her husband's reaction to nude pictures online. ("Oh, I like this one! Can I have a print of it?") More »

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      celebrity  • France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Carla Bruni  • first lady  • Vanity Fair  • Cecilia Sarkozy

    • Europe Swoons Over Obama

      New York Times  |  Jul 27, 08 12:00 PM CDT

      Europe Swoons Over Obama

      (Newser) - While all of Europe—even the right-wing Nicolas Sarkozy—goes ga-ga over Barack Obama, the would-be president is keeping it real, writes an uncharacteristically un-scathing Maureen Dowd in the New York Times. “If you start believing your own hype, which I rarely do, things’ll turn on your pretty quick anyway,” Obama tells Dowd, . Plus, he’s anticipating “some backlash” among Americans for cozying up with the French.  More »

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      Barack Obama  • France  • Obama 2008  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Barack Obama supporters  • Carla Bruni

    • Obama and Sarkozy Rendezvous in Paris

      AFP  |  Jul 25, 08 2:45 PM CDT

      Obama and Sarkozy Rendezvous in Paris

      (Newser) - Barack Obama received an enthusiastic Paris reception today from President Nicolas Sarkozy, who said, “The French have been following him with passion”—and that the Democrat’s “adventure … rings true in the hearts in minds” of his country. The two men discussed cooperation on climate change, Iran and Afghanistan, AFP reports, before holding a jovial joint press conference. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Iran  • Afghanistan  • climate change  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • french fries

    • Obama Hits Paris

      Associated Press  |  Jul 25, 08 5:47 AM CDT

      Obama Hits Paris

      (Newser) - Barack Obama has arrived in Paris, where the candidate is holding talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy before a joint news conference. Sarkozy rushed back from a summit in the southwest of France to meet Obama at the presidential palace, reports AP. The two first met in 2006 when Sarkozy was running for president and visited Washington. More »

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      Barack Obama  • France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Paris  • diplomacy  • Elysee

    • France Bids Adieu to 35-Hour Work Week

      Reuters  |  Jul 24, 08 4:55 AM CDT

      France Bids Adieu to 35-Hour Work Week

      (Newser) - The French parliament has passed landmark legislation eliminating the 35-hour cap on the work week, Reuters reports. President Nicolas Sarkozy has long blamed the short week for France's economic struggles. Most employees work longer, but accumulate overtime pay or vacation days for the extra hours. Tens of thousands of French workers demonstrated against the reform last month. More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • labor unions  • French economy

    • Sarkozy 's Reform Bill Passes By a Hair

      BBC  |  Jul 22, 08 9:25 AM CDT

      Sarkozy 's Reform Bill Passes By a Hair

      (Newser) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy hailed the passing yesterday of a constitutional reform, fulfilling a key campaign pledge. The overhaul of parliamentary and executive powers passed in the assembly and senate by a single vote, capturing 539 votes when it needed 538, the BBC reports. The opposition says the change will solidify France as a "monocracy" for Sarkozy. More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • constitution  • executive power  • political reform

    • Barack: Don't Tell Europe What It Wants to Hear

      New York Times  |  Jul 21, 08 7:51 AM CDT

      Barack: Don't Tell Europe What It Wants to Hear

      (Newser) - The vast majority of Europeans are hoping Barack Obama will be elected president, according to polls that give him as much as 86% support among voters in France, Britain, and Germany. The overwhelming support reflects a hope for a new era of unity with the US, writes Roger Cohen in the New York Times . But Obama mustn't succumb to the temptation, Cohen warns, to ofter more than he can deliver. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Iraq  • Israel  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Germany  • Europe  • Syria  • Britain  • European allies  • Bashar al-Assad

    • Sarkozy Puts France on Speed

      New York Times  |  Jul 17, 08 8:05 AM CDT

      Sarkozy Puts France on Speed

      (Newser) - His love life may be distracting and his poll ratings may be low, but Nicolas Sarkozy is "a tonic to his country and the most important European leader of his time," writes New York Times columnist Roger Cohen. In just 14 months the French president has led a sea change in foreign policy with the US, Israel, NATO, and North Africa. And on the domestic front, the former bedrock of Old Europe is now "on amphetamines." More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • European Union  • Europe  • French politics  • French president

    • New Mediterranean Union Eyes Mideast Peace

      AFP  |  Jul 14, 08 7:15 AM CDT

      New Mediterranean Union Eyes Mideast Peace

      (Newser) - The inaugural meeting yesterday of the Union of the Mediterranean, which brought together the 27 EU countries and their neighbors to the south, kicked off discussions about a number of mutual projects. But French President Nicolas Sarkozy used it as an opportunity to flex some diplomatic muscle by bringing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad out of isolation and by hosting a sit-down between Israeli PM Ehud Olmert and the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. More »

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      Israel  • France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Ehud Olmert  • Syria  • Lebanon  • Egypt  • Arab Israeli conflict  • Hosni Mubarak

    • Bush Stuns G8 With 'Biggest Polluter' Boast

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jul 10, 08 8:00 AM CDT

      Bush Stuns G8 With 'Biggest Polluter' Boast

      (Newser) - George Bush concluded the last G8 summit of his presidency with a defiant final joke: "Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter," he quipped. The president then punched the air, his mouth fixed in a huge grin, the Daily Telegraph reports. Bush, who has faced international condemnation for years for his reluctance to fight climate change, then left the summit, as fellow leaders Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy looked on in shock. More »

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      George W. Bush  • environment  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Gordon Brown  • pollution  • G8 summit

    • Sarko Won't Boycott Beijing

      BBC  |  Jul 9, 08 9:26 AM CDT