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Juncker says Sarkozy should be at Olympics opening for EU

Reuters - Thursday, May 8 11:08 am

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy should represent the European Union at the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games and European leaders should support him, Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said on Thursday. More »

  • French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) reviews Tunisian troops during a ceremony at the independence martyrs' quarter in the Sejoumi cemetery in Tunis. Sarkozy's remark that

    Sarkozy praise for Tunisian rights 'progress' sparks outrage

    AFP - Tuesday, April 29 06:27 pm

    PARIS (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's remark that "the sphere of liberties" in Tunisia is improving sparked outrage Tuesday among human rights groups and the Socialist opposition in France who accuse the North African state of torturing dissidents and blocking press freedoms. More »

  • Sarkozy:

    Sarkozy: "Perhaps I made mistakes"

    ITN - Thursday, April 24 10:59 pm

    France's unpopular president Nicolas Sarkozy has defended his record in a live television interview. More »

  • Paris city council voted on Monday to award honorary citizenship to the Dalai Lama, pictured on April 13, in a move sure to add to tensions with China as fresh anti-French rallies erupted in cities across the country.

    China, France tension lingers, despite Sarkozy letter

    AFP - Tuesday, April 22 07:45 am

    BEIJING (AFP) - China and France sought to patch up their differences Tuesday amid anger over protests surrounding the Olympic torch relay but a Paris city honour for the Dalai Lama threatened to scupper efforts. More »

  • Nicolas Sarkozy at an international meeting on climate change on April 18 in Paris. Sarkozy sent his personal support on Monday to a Chinese athlete who has become a symbol of national outrage at protests over the Olympic torch relay

    Sarkozy writes to Chinese athlete in Paris torch tussle

    AFP - Monday, April 21 08:20 am

    SHANGHAI, April 21, 2008 (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy sent his personal support Monday to a wheelchair-bound Chinese athlete who has become a symbol of national outrage at protests over the Olympic torch relay. More »

  • Displaced Sudanese children share a meal at the Sakali Displaced Persons camp in the city of Nyala in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region in 2007. French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said the war in Darfur has been sparked in part by climate change, and warned global warming could lead to

    France warns climate change driving war, hunger

    AFP - Friday, April 18 04:38 pm

    PARIS (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy told the world's biggest carbon polluters on Friday that global warming was becoming a driver of hunger, unrest and conflict, with the war in Darfur a concrete example. More »

  • The hijacked French luxury cruise yacht

    Somalia pirates release hostages: Sarkozy

    AFP - Friday, April 11 11:14 am

    PARIS (AFP) - Pirates off the coast of Somalia have released 30 hostages who were seized aboard a French yacht a week ago, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday. More »

  • Nude Bruni photo snapped up

    Nude Bruni photo snapped up

    ITN - Friday, April 11 07:54 am

    A naked portrait of Carla Bruni has been sold at an auction in New York for a staggering £45,000. More »

  • The hijacked French luxury cruise yacht

    Sarkozy hosts hostage families as Somali pirates await ransom

    AFP - Wednesday, April 9 12:21 am

    PARIS (AFP) - President Nicolas Sarkozy met Tuesday with the families of 22 French crew members held hostage on a luxury yacht for the last five days by pirates off the coast of Somalia, an Elysee official said. More »

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