Gabon’s President Ali Bongo met with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday on his first trip to France since he succeeded his father, who had made Paris nearly a second home while leader of the oil-rich former French colony.

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Lawyers for former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin accused prosecutors Wednesday of building a case to please the “pernicious prince” Nicolas Sarkozy and called for an acquittal. Villepin is accused of conspiring in 2004 to discredit his long-time rival Sarkozy and derail his presidential bid at a time when the two men were jostling to succeed president Jacques Chirac. Delivering closing arguments in the sensational trial, lawyer Luc Brosselet attacked a “schizophrenic” case against his client that he said hinged on shaky evidence from unreliable witnesses.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Friday at the G20 in Pittsburgh that sanctions will have to be taken if Iran doesn’t change nuclear stance by December.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has suggested a December deadline for Iran to show progress in talks with world powers on its suspect nuclear programme. In a TV interview in New York on Wednesday, Sarkozy also laid out plans to rein in bonuses in the financial world.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy forced French bankers to accept new rules limiting bonuses paid to traders on Tuesday and vowed to take his campaign for greater market regulation to next month’s G20 summit in Pittsburg.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy is back to business as usual following his collapse over the weekend while jogging, and has made his first public appearance at a ministerial meeting on Wednesday.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy is being examined by doctors after he started to feel unwell while exercising.

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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met with his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, in Paris on Tuesday for talks aimed at reviving the Mediterranean Union initiative and the Middle East peace process.

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Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy have been discussing how to help the economy recover as they met in France ahead of Wednesday’s G8 summit.

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Even as some Western leaders try to ease tensions with the Muslim world, the president of France is refusing to accept one display of Muslim identity. President Nicolas Sarkozy is declaring that the Islamic burqa is not welcome in France.

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France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy has said the chances of finding survivors after an Air France plane carrying 228 people vanished are “very small”.

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Marwan Bishara and guests discuss whether president Nicolas Sarkozy’s plans to make France a key player on the world stage are all bubble and no fizz.

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Nicolas Sarkozy, the French President, arrives in Abu Dhabi.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has opened a new French military base on the banks of the strategically important Strait of Hormuz, between the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf. This is France’s first permanent base in the region.

Sarkozy inaugure la 1re base militaire française dans le Golfe

La base militaire française d’Abou Dhabi, capitale des Émirats arabes unis, a été inaugurée, ce mardi matin, par le président Nicolas Sarkozy. Il s’agit du premier camp militaire dont la France se dote à l’étranger en dehors de l’Afrique

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French president Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife dinned with the Spanish Royal family, in the Palacio Real.

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