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Gentlemen, Start Your Bidding on Bruni Nudie

Nude shot from first lady's modeling days up for auction next week

May 27, 09 6:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - A nude photo of France's first lady is expected to be the subject of fierce bidding at a Berlin auction next week, the Daily Mail reports. The photo, one of just 10 numbered copies was taken by photographer Pamela Hanson in 1994 at the height of Carla Bruni's modeling career,... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • model • nude photo • Carla Bruni

analysis

Blair's Path
to EU Helm
Grows Clearer

If Irish approve Lisbon treaty, ex-PM in line for newly created position

May 22, 09 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - If Ireland votes yes on the Lisbon treaty, officially creating the role of EU president, Tony Blair is looking more and more like the man for the job. Not that the former UK prime minister has publicly expressed any interest—he's remained tactfully silent—but he has pockets of support... More »

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Tony Blair • Angela Merkel • European Union • Nicolas Sarkozy • Gordon Brown • Ireland • Silvio Berlusconi • Lisbon Treaty • EU president

(Newser) - It must be time to bolster political support. Not only has French President Nicolas Sarkozy launched his own Facebook page, he has also posted a video of himself "casually dropping in" on a magazine interview with his wife. The two can barely tear their eyes away from each other,... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Facebook • online videos • Carla Bruni

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Bodyguard 
 Sues Brit 

Plus, Winehouse hospitalized yet again, and more

May 20, 09 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britney Spears’ legal battles continue—but this time it’s the pop princess who’s getting sued, by her former bodyguard, Us reports. Kerry Vine, who says he was hurt while working at Spears’ former home, is suing her for personal injury, battery, and negligence. Elsewhere:
  • Amy Winehouse was
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entertainment • Britney Spears • American Idol • Nicolas Sarkozy • celebrity • lawsuit • Amy Winehouse • Ted Haggard • Carla Bruni • hospitalization • Kris Allen • Adam Lambert • Kerry Vine

Sarko Eyes $13.5M Love Pad—Next Door to Bruni's Ex

French first lady and Rolling Stone could soon be living in same building

May 15, 09 9:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - French president Nicolas Sarkozy and wife Carla Bruni are in the market for a “love nest,” and they’ve set their sights on the former abode of Yves Saint Laurent. The only potential complication? The $13.5 million property is just downstairs from Bruni’s ex, Sir Mick... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • celebrity • Mick Jagger • Carla Bruni


 'Highly Intimate' 
 Bruni Photos 
 Stolen 

Police fear thieves will post online, or sell, hundreds of pics

Apr 29, 09 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hundreds of “highly intimate” pictures of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy with her ex-lover, the father of her child, were stolen Sunday, the Daily Mail reports. The photos were taken from the house of Raphael Enthoven’s brother, where the philosopher—who was married when he started seeing the French first lady,... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • photograph • burglary • Carla Bruni

ANALYSIS

Economy Saps Sarkozy's Approval Ratings

'Action-man president' looks powerless on crisis

Apr 17, 09 3:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy should be well positioned to gain political capital from the global recession, having warned against capitalist excess years before the crisis quashed pro- deregulation argument. But the French president’s approval rating keeps dropping, the Economist reports. It fell another 2% in April, to 36%. As the crisis... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • recession • popularity • approval ratings • G20 • financial crisis

 Sarko: Obama's Not So Hot 


Apr 16, 09 7:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Someone sounds a little jealous the international media has found a new darling. Nicolas Sarkozy sniped today at President Obama for being inexperienced and indecisive, the Times of London reports. While praising Obama's "clever" mind, the French president complained to party members that "he was elected two months... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • president • political criticism • President Obama

(Newser) - The French legislature has put a stop—for now—to an anti-piracy law that would deny Internet access to repeat offenders, AFP reports. The law, a pet of President Nicolas Sarkozy, would deal the ultimate blow to illegal downloaders after three strikes, and replace the current regime of fines and... More »

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Internet • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • online privacy • piracy • French Parliament • Internet service providers • illegal downloading • 3 strikes

(Newser) - In the latest demonstration of French employees refusing to take job losses sitting down, workers at a glue factory took 3 British execs and their French manager hostage last night, and released them today, the BBC reports. The “bossnappers” demanded a renegotiation of their severance package from Scapa, which... More »

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Segolene Royal • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • kidnapping • recession • adhesive • auto industry • labor relations • management • boss • severance pay

 Sarko: Butt Out of 
 Turkey's EU Bid, Obama 

Franco-US relations sour over Turkey tiff

Apr 6, 09 1:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy put an end to Barack Obama's European honeymoon when the US leader pushed for Turkey's membership in the European Union, reports the Times of London. The move would signal that Muslims are "our friends, neighbors and partners," Obama suggested. Sarkozy, who opposes Turkey's membership,... More »

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Turkey • European Union • Nicolas Sarkozy • European Muslims • President Obama

OPINION

 Obama Plays Shrink 
 to Europe: Dowd 

President brings "psychological finesse" to the G20

Apr 5, 09 9:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Therapists could learn a thing or two from the "psychological finesse" Barack Obama showed in Europe this week, Maureen Dowd writes in the New York Times. Obama's upbringing taught him how to "slip in and out of different worlds," and that legacy was on display... More »

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Barack Obama • psychiatry • Nicolas Sarkozy • Maureen Dowd • Silvio Berlusconi • Dmitry Medvedev • psychologist • George W. Bush • G20

OPINION

 On Tough EU Trip, 
 French Oddly Likeable 

Obama has headaches on both sides of Atlantic

Apr 4, 09 4:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - How's Obama doing on his first big diplomatic foray? Americans are relieved to have a president who doesn't embarrass us—no more spontaneous massages for German Chancellor Angela Merkel. But Europe is positively swooning. Perhaps EU leaders are secretly loving President Obama's "willingness to be a good loser,"... More »

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Barack Obama • Europe • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • French • Republicans

(Newser) - Michelle Obama presented her new amie Carla Bruni with a hard-rockin', all-American gift today: a Gibson guitar, People reports. The two first ladies, who first met yesterday, kissed hello and held hands briefly during a tour of a cathedral and museum in Strasbourg. Obama also agreed to help... More »

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Michelle Obama • Europe • Nicolas Sarkozy • guitar • gift • Carla Bruni • Strasbourg • NATO summit • President Obama

(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy and President Obama pledged cooperation today on a host of international issues, from Afghanistan to Iranian nukes, the AP reports. “It feels really good to work with a US president who wants to change the world,” said Sarkozy at their press conference. It’s a “... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • North Korea • NATO • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Guantanamo Bay

 Screaming Crowds 
 Greet Obama in France 

Ahead of NATO summit, president sits down with Sarkozy

Apr 3, 09 6:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama left Britain for France today, arriving to cheering crowds in Strasbourg along the Franco-German border. Ahead of this weekend's NATO summit, Obama held a meeting with Nicolas Sarkozy, who recently returned France to full membership of the military alliance after decades on the sidelines. Obama will be pushing... More »

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Barack Obama • NATO • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Strasbourg • NATO summit

 No 'First Wives Club' For Bruni 

Carla snubs G20

Apr 2, 09 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - There was a noticeable no-show at the “first wives club” meeting in London—and at the G20 in general. France's Carla Bruni, perhaps the world’s most glamorous first lady, has skipped the summit altogether, the Daily Mail reports—a move largely seen as a snub of British PM... More »

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Michelle Obama • Nicolas Sarkozy • Carla Bruni • first lady • G20 • Sarah Brown

 G20 Leaders Close to Deal 

French, German demands for regulation are final sticking point

Apr 2, 09 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - G20 leaders have nearly completed an agreement to confront the global financial crisis, reports the Times of London. Gordon Brown opened the summit by saying that the draft communique already prepared reflected "a high degree of consensus between us." The British PM said that the leaders needed to... More »

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Angela Merkel • Nicolas Sarkozy • International Monetary Fund • Gordon Brown • IMF • G20 • financial crisis • global stimulus

Sarkozy: World Growth Must Come First

French prez urges
G20 to work for better kind of capitalism

Apr 1, 09 6:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Today's G20 talks must focus on restarting global growth through a better-regulated form of capitalism, Nicolas Sarkozy writes in the Washington Post. The international financial system needs urgent restructuring, writes the French president, and confidence cannot be effectively restored unless reforms are carried out with a greater sense of morality... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • world economy • capitalism • global economy • G20 • financial crisis

Sarko Threatens to Walk Out
of G20 Summit

French prez seeks tough financial regulations—or else

Mar 31, 09 2:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy may walk out on the G20 summit if things don't go his way, the Times of London reports. The French president—who blames "Anglo-Saxons" for the financial crisis—is pushing for tougher global financial regulation and has told his ministers that he will abandon the talks if... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • G20 • summit meeting • financial crisis

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