A picture taken on November 8, 2009 in Paris shows an image from the 'Facebook' page of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, called 'Memories of the fall of the Berlin wall, on November 9, 1989.' The photo shows Sarkozy, then deputy general secretary of the rightist RPR party, in front of the Berlin wall, the day it came down. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 week ago

A picture taken on November 8, 2009 in Paris shows an image from the 'Facebook' page of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, called 'Memories of the fall of the Berlin wall, on November 9, 1989.' The photo shows Sarkozy, then deputy general secretary of the rightist RPR party, in front of the Berlin wall, the day it came down.

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  1. PARIS - NOVEMBER 11: In this handout provided by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with French President Nicholas Sarkozy on November 11, 2009 in Paris, France. Netanyahu was invited to visit France by Sarkozy on his return from his trip to America.
  2. PARIS - NOVEMBER 11: In this handout provided by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with French President Nicholas Sarkozy on November 11, 2009 in Paris, France. Netanyahu was invited to visit France by Sarkozy on his return from his trip to America.
  3. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) tastes a piece of cheese as he visits the National School of Dairy Industries in Poligny, eastern France, October 27, 2009. President Sarkozy said on Tuesday he will seek tougher European regulation in the milk sector from the start of next year as part of a package of measures to help France's struggling farmers.
  4. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) visits the National School of Dairy Industries in Poligny, eastern France, October 27, 2009. President Sarkozy said on Tuesday he will seek tougher European regulation in the milk sector from the start of next year as part of a package of measures to help France's struggling farmers.
  5. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) speaks with France's Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand (R) before inaugurating a major exhibit of art from Turkey at the Grand Palais in Paris October 9, 2009. Culture Minister Mitterrand is facing calls for his resignation for having written about paying boys for sex in Thailand, revelations that were made in a 2005 autobiography "The Bad Life". Jean-David Levitte (2ndL) is President Sarkozy's diplomatic advisor.
  6. A member of French CFDT trade-union from the world's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal in Hayange, eastern France, writes on a board the 2008 French President Nicolas Sarkozy' promises as the workers prepare a symbolic meeting with the president. In 2008, President Sarkozy engaged to come back to the ArcelorMittal nearest Gandrange site, threatened of closing. Plans for a partial shutdown of the Gandrange steel factory were postponed last year after Sarkozy urged owner Lakshmi Mittal to reconsider. Sarkozy, who visits other factories in the eastern region on October 8, 2009, promised to go later in ArcelorMittal sites, according to Secretary of State for Employment Laurent Wauquiez.
  7. Members of French CFDT trade-union from the world's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal in Hayange, eastern France, answer to journalists as they wait for the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, preparing a symbolic meeting (with President's chair vacant). In 2008, President Sarkozy engaged to come back to the ArcelorMittal nearest Gandrange site, threatened of closing. Plans for a partial shutdown of the Gandrange steel factory were postponed last year after Sarkozy urged owner Lakshmi Mittal to reconsider. Sarkozy, who visits other factories in the eastern region on October 8, 2009, promised to go later in ArcelorMittal sites, according to Secretary of State for Employment Laurent Wauquiez.
  8. Members of French CFDT trade-union from the world's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal in Hayange, eastern France, answer to journalists as they wait for the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, preparing a symbolic meeting (with President's chair vacant). In 2008, President Sarkozy engaged to come back to the ArcelorMittal nearest Gandrange site, threatened of closing. Plans for a partial shutdown of the Gandrange steel factory were postponed last year after Sarkozy urged owner Lakshmi Mittal to reconsider. Sarkozy, who visits other factories in the eastern region on October 8, 2009, promised to go later in ArcelorMittal sites, according to Secretary of State for Employment Laurent Wauquiez.
  9. In this photo released by American Lung Association, a sheet of new Christmas Seals is shown in New York, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Emily Bissell, started selling Seals in 1907 to help fight the battle against tuberculosis with a design she created. The American Lung Association is helping fight lung disease and advocate for clean air. It has also launched e-cards in an appeal to younger audiences depicting it's entire archive of designs and offers a Facebook application as well.
  10. In this photo released by American Lung Association, actress Mary Duffy portrays Emily Bissell, founder of the Christmas Seals campaign, as she hands out samples Christmas Seals to mail carrier Steve Revell in front of the James A. Farley Post Office in New York, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Helping to fight lung disease and advocate for clean air, the American Lung Association has launched e-cards and a Facebook application in an appeal to younger audiences depicting it's entire archive of designs as far back as 1907.
  11. In this photo released by American Lung Association, actress Mary Duffy, portrays Emily Bissell, founder of the Christmas Seals campaign, as she hands out samples of Christmas Seals in front of the James A. Farley Post Office in New York, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Helping to fight lung disease and advocate for clean air, the American Lung Association has also launched e-cards and a Facebook application in an appeal to younger audiences depicting it's entire archive of designs as far back as 1907.
  12. Marketing Director of Facebook Randi Zuckerberg speaks during the Youth Engagement Summit 2009 in Putrajaya outside Kuala Lumpur November 17, 2009.
  13. Marketing director of Facebook Randi Zuckerberg speaks during the Youth Engagement Summit 2009 in Putrajaya outside Kuala Lumpur November 17, 2009.
  14. View of the Oxford American College dictionary taken in Washington on November 16, 2009. The New Oxford American Dictionary named 'unfriend' -- as in deleting someone as a friend on a social network such as Facebook -- its word of the year on Monday. Oxford University Press USA, in a blog post, said 'unfriend,' a verb, had bested netbook, sexting, paywall, birther and death panel for the honor.'Unfriend has real lex-appeal,' said Christine Lindberg, senior lexicographer for Oxford�s US dictionary program.
  15. Directed Electronics is giving away one Viper SmartStart every two weeks on Facebook. Visit www.viper.com/smartstart and click on the Facebook link for details.
  16. A picture taken on November 8, 2009 in Paris shows an image from the 'Facebook' page of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, called 'Memories of the fall of the Berlin wall, on November 9, 1989.' The photo shows Sarkozy (C), then deputy general secretary of the rightist RPR party, in front of the Berlin wall, the day it came down.

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