NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy , is directed to her seat during a press conference for her husband and French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the United Nations General Assembly September 23, 2008 at UN headquarters in New York City. Leaders from around the world have descended on New York to discuss current political issues including the global financial crisis and the food crisis. Getty Images logo Getty Images 13 months ago

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy , is directed to her seat during a press conference for her husband and French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the United Nations General Assembly September 23, 2008 at UN headquarters in New York City. Leaders from around the world have descended on New York to discuss current political issues including the global financial crisis and the food crisis.

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  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (R) and French Health Minister Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin (2nd L) listen to the speech of French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Marseille, southern France, on November 2, 2009. President Sarkozy unveiled France's second national plan against cancer during a speech.
  8. French First lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy listens to French President Nicolas Sarkozy's speech announcing a plan against cancer on November 2, 2009 in Marseille, southern France. Sarkozy announced today 'nearly 750 million euros of new spending' for the new Cancer Plan (2009-2013).
  9. French First lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy listens to French President Nicolas Sarkozy's speech announcing a plan against cancer on November 2, 2009 in Marseille, southern France. Sarkozy announced today 'nearly 750 million euros of new spending' for the new Cancer Plan (2009-2013).
  10. A nude photography of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (L) by French photographer Michel Comte, when she was a supermodel, is displayed on October 28, 2009 at a Piasa showroom in Paris, before to be auctioned on November 20, 2009 at the Drouot auction house. The photo from a German collector, is estimated at 6,000-9,000 Euros. Another print of French photographer Comte's image of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has been sold for 91,000 USD in April 2008 at Christie's in New York.
  11. Expert Eric di Maria shows a nude photography of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy by French photographer Michel Comte, when she was a supermodel, on October 28, 2009 at a Piasa showroom in Paris, to be auctioned on November 20, 2009 at the Drouot auction house. The photo from a German collector, is estimated at 6,000-9,000 Euros. Another print of French photographer Comte's image of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has been sold for 91,000 USD in April 2008 at Christie's in New York.
  12. An expert shows a nude photography of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy by French photographer Michel Comte, when she was a supermodel, on October 28, 2009 at a Piasa showroom in Paris, to be auctioned on November 20, 2009 at the Drouot auction house. The photo from a German collector, is estimated at 6,000-9,000 Euros. Another print of French photographer Comte's image of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has been sold for 91,000 USD in April 2008 at Christie's in New York.
  13. Afghan opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah (R) shakes hands with United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon (C) as United Nation's special envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide (L, background) looks on prior to a meeting in Kabul on November 2, 2009. UN chief Ban Ki-moon flew into Kabul on November 2 to meet President Hamid Karzai over the Afghan election crisis with organisers to announce whether or not to scrap the poll after the only challenger pulled out. The surprise visit from Ban accompanied a diplomatic push to ensure the November 7 one-horse race does not take place, despite the initial insistence from some officials that it is too late to halt the process.
  14. Palestinian and UN vehicles take a flooded street following heavy rains in the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on October 29, 2009. Hamas said it will ban the organisation of elections in its Gaza Strip stronghold after president Mahmud Abbas called for a vote in the Palestinian territories.
  15. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C) meets with French senatorial delegation members, Senator of Val-d'Oise Robert Hue (2ndL), Senator of Morbihan Josselin de Rohan (2ndR), Senator of Meurthe-et-Moselle Daniel Renier (R) and Secretary General of the French Delegates for the 64th Session of the General Assembly Philippe Thiebaud (L), at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009.
  16. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (2ndL) meets with French senatorial delegation members, Senator of Val-d'Oise Robert Hue (L), Senator of Morbihan Josselin de Rohan (2ndR) and Senator of Meurthe-et-Moselle Daniel Renier, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009.

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