Cop's Suicide Interrupts Sarkozy's Israel Send-Off

An elite Israeli border policeman shot himself in the head today in the middle of a departure ceremony for Nicolas Sarkozy. Security officers, worried about a possible assassination attempt, rushed Sarkozy and wife Carla Bruni onto their plane, while others spirited away Ehud Olmert and Shimon Peres, who were there to see the French president off.

Said a police spokesman: "This was in no way an assassination attempt." (More Israel stories.)