French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, seen, as Sarkozy addresses parliament members at the Versailles castle, west of Paris, Monday June 22, 2009. the first presidential address to parliament in 136 years, Sarkozy faced critics who fear the burqa issue could stigmatize France's Muslims and said he supported banning the garment from being worn in public. President Sarkozy said the Muslim burqa would not be welcome in France, calling the full-body religious gown a sign of the "debasement" of women. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 months ago

French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, seen, as Sarkozy addresses parliament members at the Versailles castle, west of Paris, Monday June 22, 2009. the first presidential address to parliament in 136 years, Sarkozy faced critics who fear the burqa issue could stigmatize France's Muslims and said he supported banning the garment from being worn in public. President Sarkozy said the Muslim burqa would not be welcome in France, calling the full-body religious gown a sign of the "debasement" of women.

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  1. FILE - In this Nov.11, 2009 file photo, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is seen after Armistice Day ceremonies in Paris. Film director Woody Allen has successfully courted France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, who says she's agreed to be in the famed movie director's next film, without knowing what part she may play. The former supermodel and wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy announced on French TV that Woody asked her to be in his next movie and she accepted.
  2. Protesters wearing face masks depicting, from left to right, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso take part in a protest on climate change ahead of the Copenhagen Climate Conference, outside of the building housing the European Union representative office in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 3009.
  3. A student chants as teachers and students take to the streets in protest over the government's education policies, in Paris November 24, 2009. Thousands of French postal workers and teachers went on strike on Tuesday in separate protests over the future of two of France's biggest public sector institutions. The protests are the latest in a series of strikes by public sector workers angered by reforms President Nicolas Sarkozy says are necessary to improve efficiency and reduce costs. The placard reads "The rotten reforms of Sarkozy".
  4. A postal worker with a union sticker on his hat demonstrates in Paris November 24, 2009. Thousands of French postal workers and teachers went on strike on Tuesday in separate protests over the future of two of France's biggest public sector institutions. The protests are the latest in a series of strikes by public sector workers angered by reforms President Nicolas Sarkozy says are necessary to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
  5. A student chants as teachers and students take to the streets in protest over the government's education policies, in Paris November 24, 2009. Thousands of French postal workers and teachers went on strike on Tuesday in separate protests over the future of two of France's biggest public sector institutions. The protests are the latest in a series of strikes by public sector workers angered by reforms President Nicolas Sarkozy says are necessary to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
  6. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks during a meeting with local authorities in Le-Perreux-sur-Marne, near Paris November 24, 2009.
  7. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks during a meeting with local authorities in Le-Perreux-sur-Marne, near Paris November 24, 2009.
  8. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks during a meeting with local authorities in Le-Perreux-sur-Marne, near Paris November 24, 2009.
  9. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks during a meeting with local authorities in Le-Perreux-sur-Marne, near Paris November 24, 2009.
  10. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks during a meeting with local authorities in Le-Perreux-sur-Marne, near Paris November 24, 2009.
  11. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks during a meeting with local authorities in Le-Perreux-sur-Marne, near Paris November 24, 2009.
  12. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and Justice Minister Michele Alliot-Marie (R) visit the French Local Territorial Security (DTSP) headquarters in Bobigny, a Paris suburb November 24, 2009.
  13. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy holds a weapon seized by police, Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009 in Bobigny, outside Paris, during a visit to the DTSP headquarters (Directions territoriales de securite de proximite). Man at left is unidentified.
  14. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (2ndL), French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux (3rdL), Justice Minister Michele Alliot-Marie (4thL) and Paris Police Prefect Michel Gaudin (5thL) visit the French Local Territorial Security (DTSP) headquarters in Bobigny, near Paris, November 24, 2009.
  15. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) holds a rifle seized by the police during a visit to the French Local Territorial Security (DTSP) headquarters in Bobigny, near Paris, November 24, 2009. At left is French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux.
  16. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) looks at arms and drugs seized by the police during a visit to the French Local Territorial Security (DTSP) headquarters in Bobigny, near Paris, November 24, 2009.

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  1. A nude photography of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy by French photographer Michel Comte, when she was a supermodel, is shown during its auction on November 20, 2009 at Drouot auction house in Paris. The photo from a German collector, wasn't sold as the minimum bid was not reached. 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.
  2. A nude photography of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy by French photographer Michel Comte, when she was a supermodel, is displayed prior to be auctioned on November 20, 2009 at Drouot auction house in Paris. The photo from a German collector, wasn't sold as the minimum bid was not reached. 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.
  3. A nude photography of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy by French photographer Michel Comte, when she was a supermodel, is shown during its auction on November 20, 2009 at Drouot auction house in Paris. The photo from a German collector, wasn't sold as the minimum bid was not reached. 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.
  4. A nude photography of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy by French photographer Michel Comte, when she was a supermodel, is shown during its auction on November 20, 2009 at Drouot auction house in Paris. The photo from a German collector, wasn't sold as the minimum bid was not reached. 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.
  5. A nude photography of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy by French photographer Michel Comte, when she was a supermodel, is shown during its auction on November 20, 2009 at Drouot auction house in Paris. The photo from a German collector, wasn't sold as the minimum bid was not reached. 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.
  6. A nude photography of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy by French photographer Michel Comte, when she was a supermodel, is shown during its auction on November 20, 2009 at Drouot auction house in Paris. The photo from a German collector, wasn't sold as the minimum bid was not reached. 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.
  7. A nude photography of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy by French photographer Michel Comte, when she was a supermodel, is shown during its auction on November 20, 2009 at Drouot auction house in Paris. The photo from a German collector, wasn't sold as the minimum bid was not reached. 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.
  8. A nude photography of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy by French photographer Michel Comte, when she was a supermodel, is shown during its auction on November 20, 2009 at Drouot auction house in Paris. The photo from a German collector, wasn't sold as the minimum bid was not reached. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.

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  14. Policemen look on as a Jewish man walks in the street outside Nariman House, the Jewish center where attackers killed a rabbi and his wife in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 on the eve of the first anniversary of terror attacks. Ten militants with assault rifles fanned out across Mumbai last Nov. 26, attacking a train station, hotels, and other targets, paralyzing India's financial capital and shocking the country killing 166 people.
  15. Gianni Infantino, UEFA General-Secretary speaks during a press conference at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. The federations concerned of the current match fixing cases have been convoked to UEFA's headquarters for a meeting.
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