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French President Nicolas Sarkozy talks at a joint press conference ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:29:43 GMT

(Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy talks at a joint press conference with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (R) in Stockholm July 3, 2009. President Sarkozy is the first foreign head of state to visit Sweden during the Swedish EU Presidency that commenced on July . REUTERS / SCANPIX/ Janerik Henriksson (SWEDEN POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN

Daniel Duquenne, challenger of Marine Le Pen, campaigns for ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:26:40 GMT

(Reuters) - Daniel Duquenne, challenger of Marine Le Pen, campaigns for the second round of local elections in open-air market in Henin Beaumont, northern France, July 3, 2009. The National Front's Marine Le Pen, daughter of party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, is likely to win the decisive final-round election on Sunday unless voters unite around Daniel Duquenne, the candidate who came second in the poll, representing several leftist groups. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (FRANCE POLITICS ELECTIONS)

Henin Beaumont citizens and Jewish students protest against ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:49:44 GMT

(Reuters) - Henin Beaumont citizens and Jewish students protest against the National Front two days before the second round of local elections, northern France, July 3, 2009. The National Front won 40 percent of the first round vote to run the town hall in Henin-Beaumont. The words on the placards read " open your eyes ". REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (FRANCE POLITICS CONFLICT)

Henin Beaumont citizens, Jewish students and Green Party activists ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:46:18 GMT

(Reuters) - Henin Beaumont citizens, Jewish students and Green Party activists protest against the National Front two days before the second round of local elections, northern France, July 3, 2009. The National Front won 40 percent of the first round vote to run the town hall in Henin-Beaumont. The words on the placard read, " open your eyes ". REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (FRANCE POLITICS CONFLICT)

Henin Beaumont citizens, Jewish students and Green Party activists ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:44:03 GMT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is welcomed by Swedish Prime ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:31:32 GMT

(Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy is welcomed by Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (L) at the government house Rosenbad in Stockholm July 3, 2009. Sarkozy became the first foreign head of state to visit Sweden during the Swedish EU Presidency that commenced on July. REUTERS / SCANPIX/ Janerik Henriksson (SWEDEN POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is welcomed by Swedish Prime ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:29:24 GMT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Swedish Prime Minister ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:26:55 GMT

(Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (R) pose for photographers at the government house Rosenbad in Stockholm July 3, 2009. Sarkozy became the first foreign head of state to visit Sweden during the Swedish EU Presidency that commenced on July. REUTERS / SCANPIX/ Janerik Henriksson (SWEDEN POLITICS) NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Swedish Prime Minister ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:25:48 GMT

France's Olympic champion Alain Bernard poses during the ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:05:04 GMT

(Reuters) - France's Olympic champion Alain Bernard poses during the shooting of an advertising campaign for his sponsor "Arena" in Antibes southeastern France January 21, 2009. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

Seven-time Tour de France winner American Lance Armstrong, left, ...

(AP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:31:46 GMT

(AP) - Seven-time Tour de France winner American Lance Armstrong, left, and Prince Albert II of Monaco react as they pose for photographers prior to a gala diner for Armstrong's Livestrong Global Cancer Campaign in Monaco in Monaco Thursday July 2, 2009, ahead of the start of the 96th edition of the Tour de France cycling race Saturday July 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Seven-time Tour de France winner American Lance Armstrong and ...

(AP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:26:23 GMT

(AP) - Seven-time Tour de France winner American Lance Armstrong and Prince Albert II of Monaco react as they pose for photographers prior to a gala diner for Armstrong's Livestrong Global Cancer Campaign in Monaco in Monaco Thursday July 2, 2009, ahead of the start of the 96th edition of the Tour de France cycling race Saturday July 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, foreground right, arrives ...

(AP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:21:10 GMT

(AP) - France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, foreground right, arrives at the Paris Mosque to attend a ceremony in remembrance of the victims of Tuesday's Yemenia Airways plane crash off the Comoros Islands, Thursday July 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, pool)

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, foreground right, arrives ...

(AP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:20:42 GMT

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, foreground right, arrives ...

(AP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:19:23 GMT

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at a mosque in ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:34:05 GMT

(Reuters) - France's President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at a mosque in Paris to attend a ceremony gathering the families of the victims of the Yemenia airliner crash off the Comoros islands, July 2, 2009. Only one of the 153 people survived after the Yemenia Airbus A310 crashed into the Indian ocean in the early hours of Tuesday. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (FRANCE TRANSPORT DISASTER POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, second right, shakes ...

(AP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:01:50 GMT

(AP) - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, second right, shakes hands with Knesset Member Hamad Amar, during a visit in the northern Israeli Arab town of Shfar'am, Thursday, July 2, 2009. French president Nicolas Sarkozy urged the Israeli prime minister to fire Lieberman, a hard-liner whose party tried to force Israelis to take a loyalty oath, two senior Israeli officials said earlier this week. Lieberman's appointment has been ill-received internationally because of his hard-line positions on peace and Israel's Arab population, among other issues. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, center, hold a child ...

(AP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:34:28 GMT

(AP) - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, center, hold a child during a visit in the northern Israeli Arab town of Shfar'am, Thursday, July 2, 2009. French president Nicolas Sarkozy urged the Israeli prime minister to fire Lieberman, a hard-liner whose party tried to force Israelis to take a loyalty oath, two senior Israeli officials said earllier this week. Lieberman's appointment has been ill-received internationally because of his hard-line positions on peace and Israel's Arab population, among other issues. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, center, walks with ...

(AP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:34:03 GMT

(AP) - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, center, walks with Knesset Member Hamad Amar, right, during a visit in the northern Israeli Arab town of Shfar'am, Thursday, July 2, 2009. French president Nicolas Sarkozy urged the Israeli prime minister to fire Lieberman, a hard-liner whose party tried to force Israelis to take a loyalty oath, two senior Israeli officials said earllier this week. Lieberman's appointment has been ill-received internationally because of his hard-line positions on peace and Israel's Arab population, among other issues. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, left, sits next ...

(AP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:33:52 GMT

(AP) - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, left, sits next to Muwaffak Tarif the spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel during a visit in the northern Israeli Arab town of Shfar'am, Thursday, July 2, 2009. French president Nicolas Sarkozy urged the Israeli prime minister to fire Lieberman, a hard-liner whose party tried to force Israelis to take a loyalty oath, two senior Israeli officials said earllier this week. Lieberman's appointment has been ill-received internationally because of his hard-line positions on peace and Israel's Arab population, among other issues. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at a Paris mosque ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:20:16 GMT

(Reuters) - France's President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at a Paris mosque to attend a ceremony gathering the families of the victims of the Yemenia airliner crash off the Comoros islands, July 2, 2009. Only one of the 153 people survived after the Yemenia Airbus A310 crashed into the Indian ocean in the early hours of Tuesday. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (FRANCE TRANSPORT DISASTER POLITICS)

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at a Paris mosque ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:17:04 GMT

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at a Paris mosque ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:15:52 GMT

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at a mosque in ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:11:18 GMT

This picture released by the Syrian Arab news agency (SANA) ...

(AFP/SANA) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:03:46 GMT

(AFP/SANA) - This picture released by the Syrian Arab news agency (SANA) shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (L) meeting with Secretary General of the Elysee Claude Gueant in Damascus on June 30, 2009. The talks are the latest sign of improved ties between France and Syria.(AFP/SANA)

President Nicolas Sarkozy (pictured) has acknowledged making ...

(AFP/Pool/File) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:32:16 GMT

(AFP/Pool/File) - President Nicolas Sarkozy (pictured) has acknowledged making mistakes in an interview but said in his defence that he faced "totally inhuman" demands as French head of state.(AFP/Pool/File/Christophe Ena)

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) chairs a meeting ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:21:23 GMT

(Reuters) - France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) chairs a meeting with unions leaders at the Elysee Palace in Paris July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Remy de la Mauviniere/Pool (FRANCE POLITICS)

Customers have lunch near a sign which reads "fall of prices ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:25:45 GMT

(Reuters) - Customers have lunch near a sign which reads "fall of prices and rise of pleasure" in a restaurant in Paris July 1, 2009. Value added tax on French restaurants and cafes fell to 5.5 percent from July 1 from 19.6 percent previously after a deal hammered out with European Union partners in March following a 7 year-long campaign by Paris. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen (FRANCE POLITICS FOOD BUSINESS)

A customer enters a restaurant past placards which read "fall ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:24:38 GMT

(Reuters) - A customer enters a restaurant past placards which read "fall of prices and rise of pleasure" and "100 % of pleasure from starter to dessert" in Paris July 1, 2009. Value added tax on French restaurants and cafes fall to 5.5 percent from July 1 from 19.6 percent previously after a deal hammered out with European Union partners in March following a 7 year-long campaign by Paris. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen (FRANCE POLITICS FOOD BUSINESS)

Customers have lunch near signs which read "fall of prices ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:23:26 GMT

(Reuters) - Customers have lunch near signs which read "fall of prices and rise of pleasure" and "100% of pleasure from starter to dessert" in a restaurant in Paris July 1, 2009. Value added tax on French restaurants and cafes fell to 5.5 percent from July 1 from 19.6 percent previously after a deal hammered out with European Union partners in March following a 7 year-long campaign by Paris. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen (FRANCE POLITICS FOOD BUSINESS)

French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde (L) speaks with customers ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:17:35 GMT

(Reuters) - French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde (L) speaks with customers as she visits a restaurant in Paris July 1, 2009. Value added tax on French restaurants and cafes fall to 5.5 percent from July 1 from 19.6 percent previously after a deal hammered out with European Union partners in March following a 7 year-long campaign by Paris. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen (FRANCE POLITICS FOOD BUSINESS)

French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde (L) shakes hands with ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:15:11 GMT

(Reuters) - French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde (L) shakes hands with a customer as she visits a restaurant in Paris July 1, 2009. Value added tax on French restaurants and cafes fall to 5.5 percent from July 1 from 19.6 percent previously after a deal hammered out with European Union partners in March following a 7 year-long campaign by Paris. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen (FRANCE POLITICS FOOD BUSINESS)

French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde (R) speaks with customers ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:15:06 GMT

(Reuters) - French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde (R) speaks with customers as she visits a restaurant in Paris July 1, 2009. Value added tax on French restaurants and cafes fall to 5.5 percent from July 1 from 19.6 percent previously after a deal hammered out with European Union partners in March following a 7 year-long campaign by Paris. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen (FRANCE POLITICS FOOD BUSINESS)

French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde (L) shakes hands with ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:08:25 GMT

FILE - In this June 7, 2007 file photo Japanese Premier Shinzo ...

(AP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:01:04 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this June 7, 2007 file photo Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe, Canadian Premier Stephen Harper, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President George Bush, British Premier Tony Blair, Italian President Romano Prodi and EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, from left, enjoy a chat in a giant beachchair in front of the Grand Hotel at historic Heiligendamm, Germany, where the leaders of the G8 nations were holding their annual summit in the sea resort from June 6-8, 2007. The hotel on the German Baltic Sea coast that hosted the 2007 Group of Eight summit has been granted loan guarantees by local authorities to help keep it afloat, an official said Wednesday, July 1, 2009. The five-star Grand Hotel in the small resort of Heiligendamm has struggled to pull in guests, even after Chancellor Angela Merkel brought then-President George W. Bush and other world leaders there for the summit two years ago. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, File)

French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde visits a restaurant ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:57:57 GMT

(Reuters) - French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde visits a restaurant in Paris July 1, 2009. Value added tax on French restaurants and cafes fall to 5.5 percent from July 1 from 19.6 percent previously after a deal hammered out with European Union partners in March following a 7 year-long campaign by Paris. The placard reads "100 % of pleasure from starter to dessert". REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen (FRANCE POLITICS FOOD BUSINESS)

French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde (R) visits a restaurant ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:49:08 GMT

(Reuters) - French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde (R) visits a restaurant in Paris July 1, 2009. Value added tax on French restaurants and cafes fall to 5.5 percent from July 1 from 19.6 percent previously after a deal hammered out with European Union partners in March following a 7 year-long campaign by Paris. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen (FRANCE POLITICS FOOD BUSINESS)

French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde visits a restaurant ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:44:17 GMT

French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde (L) and deputy minister ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:44:12 GMT

(Reuters) - French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde (L) and deputy minister for European affairs Pierre Lellouche visit a restaurant in Paris July 1, 2009. Value added tax on French restaurants and cafes fall to 5.5 percent from July 1 from 19.6 percent previously after a deal hammered out with European Union partners in March following a 7 year-long campaign by Paris. The placard reads "100 % of pleasure from starter to dessert". REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen (FRANCE POLITICS FOOD BUSINESS)

International Renewable Energy Agency logo. France's Helene ...

(IRENA) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:12:36 GMT

(IRENA) - International Renewable Energy Agency logo. France's Helene Pelosse was elected on Tuesday to head the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) at a meeting in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt's state news agency announced.(IRENA)

A woman wears a burka in Afghanistan. President Nicolas Sarkozy ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:39:57 GMT

(AFP/File) - A woman wears a burka in Afghanistan. President Nicolas Sarkozy says the Islamic burka is "not welcome" in France because it is not a symbol of religion but a sign of subservience for women.(AFP/File)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers his speech during ...

(AP) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:43:32 GMT

(AP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers his speech during a meeting after the visit to the construction site of 'Tower First' which is part of the Grand Paris project (Great Paris project) in La Defense business district near Paris, Tuesday June 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, Pool)

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech during ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:38:22 GMT

(Reuters) - France's President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech during a meeting after the visit to the construction site of "Tower First", which is part of the Grand Paris project, in business district near Paris June 30, 2009. REUTERS/Francois Mori/Pool (FRANCE POLITICS)

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech during ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:19:18 GMT

(Reuters) - France's President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech during a meeting after a visit to the construction site of "Tower First", which is part of the Grand Paris project, in the business district near Paris June 30, 2009. REUTERS/Francois Mori/Pool (FRANCE POLITICS)

Marine Le Pen (C), daughter of France's far-right National ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:13:32 GMT

(Reuters) - Marine Le Pen (C), daughter of France's far-right National Front political party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, campaigns for the second round of local elections in open-air market in Henin Beaumont, northern France, June 30, 2009. The National Front won 40 percent of the first round vote to run the town hall in Henin-Beaumont. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (FRANCE POLITICS)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers his speech during ...

(AP) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:09:13 GMT

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) shakes hands with ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:08:49 GMT

(Reuters) - France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) shakes hands with supporters after a meeting following the visit to the construction site of "Tower First", which is part of the Grand Paris project, in business district near Paris June 30, 2009. REUTERS/Francois Mori/Pool (FRANCE POLITICS)

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) with former French ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:08:42 GMT

(Reuters) - France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) with former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua during a meeting after the visit to the construction site of "Tower First", which is part of the Grand Paris project, in business district near Paris June 30, 2009. REUTERS/Francois Mori/Pool (FRANCE POLITICS)

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech during ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:07:27 GMT

Marine Le Pen (L), daughter of France's far-right National ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:06:14 GMT

(Reuters) - Marine Le Pen (L), daughter of France's far-right National Front political party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, and Steeve Briois (2nd L), head of the list for municipal elections, campaign for the second round of local elections in open-air market in Henin Beaumont, northern France, June 30, 2009. The National Front won 40 percent of the first round vote to run the town hall in Henin-Beaumont. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (FRANCE POLITICS)