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Sarkozy threatens immigrants who target police (AP)

July 30th, 2010

French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech in Grenoble, French Alps, Friday, July 30, 2010. Nicolas Sarkozy came in Grenoble to install the new prefect after confrontations between youths and policemen, which came after a local resident suspected in the armed robbery of a casino was killed while fleeing police. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)AP - President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday that he wants to revoke the French citizenship of immigrants who put the lives of police officers in danger as part of a…

Sarkozy: French aid worker executed in Africa (AP)

July 26th, 2010

AP - A 78-year-old French aid worker kidnapped by al-Qaida was executed in the Sahara after a failed attempt to free him left six militants dead, President Nicolas Sarkozy said…

French probe allegations of secret Sarkozy funding (AP)

July 7th, 2010

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, looks on prior to receive his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak, unseen, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, July 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)AP - French prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into allegations that the country’s richest woman secretly funded President Nicolas Sarkozy’s election campaign, a judicial official said Wednesday.


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Why Sarkozy Dropped His Beloved Carbon Tax (Time.com)

March 25th, 2010

Time.com - After his party’s disastrous result in regional elections, French President Nicolas Sarkozy drops his carbon tax, a policy hated by conservative voters and legislators alike

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Sarkozy to rejig government after poll defeat (AFP)

March 22nd, 2010

French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves a booth at a Paris polling station during the secound round of the regional elections. Sarkozy was left scrambling for a way to relaunch his once relentless reform drive on Monday, after a humiliating defeat in nationwide regional elections.(AFP/Pool/Philippe Wojazer)AFP - France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy was left scrambling for a way to relaunch his once relentless reform drive on Monday, after a humiliating defeat in nationwide regional elections.


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Deforestation conference to turn plans to action (AP)

March 11th, 2010

AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy will open a daylong conference Thursday of some 40 nations to start turning plans into action to save the world’s forests and help rein…

Nuclear energy gets new French-driven boost (AP)

March 8th, 2010

French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech for the opening of Paris conference on civilian use of nuclear technology in Paris, Monday March 8, 2010. Sarkozy urged developing countries to embrace nuclear energy and rich lenders to help pay for it, but stood firmly against countries that 'cheat' and use the technology to make weapons; The United States and allies including France suspect Iran's uranium enrichment activities are aimed at building weapons, while Tehran says they are only for peaceful nuclear energy.(AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer/Pool)AP - Poor countries need nuclear power, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday, urging rich lenders to help pay for a global nuclear expansion in the interests of fighting climate…

Sarkozy to ’speculators’: Lay off Greece (AP)

March 7th, 2010

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou addresses the media after a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the chancellery in Berlin, Friday, March 5, 2010. Papandreou met with Merkel on Friday to discuss the current financial crisis in Greece. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP - Speculators beware: The euro zone’s biggest powers will back Greece through the debt crisis that has jeopardized all 16 nations in the common currency, French President Nicolas Sarkozy…

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