The Airbus A380 performs its flying display on June 19, 2009 as an Alitalia jetliner crosses the sky at the 48th international Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport, near Paris. French President Nicolas Sarkozy welcomed today progress in talks with the United Arab Emirates on a multi-billion-dollar deal for the sale of Rafale fighter jets. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

The Airbus A380 performs its flying display on June 19, 2009 as an Alitalia jetliner crosses the sky at the 48th international Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport, near Paris. French President Nicolas Sarkozy welcomed today progress in talks with the United Arab Emirates on a multi-billion-dollar deal for the sale of Rafale fighter jets.

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  4. Travellers walk in the new Aliatalia terminal in Fiumicino, Rome's main airport, on October 27, 2009. Italy's struggling flagbearer Alitalia is under private ownership after prominent Italian business leaders teamed up with Air France-KLM for a makeover.
  5. Aliatalia's managing director Rocco Sabelli gestures by a company logo during the inauguration of the new Aliatalia terminal in Fiumicino, Rome's main airport on October 27, 2009. Italy's struggling flagbearer Alitalia is under private ownership after prominent Italian business leaders teamed up with Air France-KLM for a makeover.
  6. Aliatalia's President Roberto Colaninno looks on by a company logo during the inauguration of the new Aliatalia terminal in Fiumicino, Rome's main airport on October 27, 2009. Italy's struggling flagbearer Alitalia is under private ownership after prominent Italian business leaders teamed up with Air France-KLM for a makeover.
  7. Aliatalia's President Roberto Colaninno looks on by a company logo during the inauguration of the new Aliatalia terminal in Fiumicino, Rome's main airport on October 27, 2009. Italy's struggling flagbearer Alitalia is under private ownership after prominent Italian business leaders teamed up with Air France-KLM for a makeover.
  8. A view of the new Aliatalia terminal in Fiumicino, Rome's main airport on October 27, 2009. Italy's struggling flagbearer Alitalia is under private ownership after prominent Italian business leaders teamed up with Air France-KLM for a makeover. AFP PHOTO/ Filippo MONTEFORTE.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Members of French CFDT trade-union from the world's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal in Hayange, eastern France, answer to journalits 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.
  16. Members of French CFDT trade-union from the world's largest steel maker ArcelorMittal in Hayange, eastern France, wait for the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy where they prepare 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.

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