<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - carla-bruni</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/carla-bruni</link><description>Newsvine - carla-bruni</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:26:05 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 10:14:12 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Carla Bruni backs gay marriage &amp;#8212; but not feminism</title>
<description><![CDATA[France's former first lady Carla Bruni says she disagrees with her conservative husband Nicolas Sarkozy and supports a plan to allow gay marriage and adoption.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Adamson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Thomas Adamson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/26/15453958-carla-bruni-backs-gay-marriage-but-not-feminism</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/26/15453958-carla-bruni-backs-gay-marriage-but-not-feminism</guid><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>gay-marriage</category><category>world-news</category><category>nicolas-sarkozy</category><category>carla-bruni</category><category>bruni</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:52:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=be794dea-e0c7-4012-b6cf-365d2e6327ab.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=be794dea-e0c7-4012-b6cf-365d2e6327ab.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 15, 2012 file photo, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, wife of outgoing President Nicolas Sarkozy, waves from a car as they leave the Elysee Palace after the presidential handover ceremony.  Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has said Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 she supports the French Socialists plans for gay marriage, and disagrees with her Conservative husband Nicolas Sarkozy. In an interview in the December issue of Paris Vogue, the 44-year-old former supermodel and singer said: Im rather in favor because I have a lot of friends - men and women -who are in this situation and I see nothing unstable or perverse in homoparental families.  (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>France: Carla Bruni makes 1st post-baby appearance</title>
<description><![CDATA[French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has made her first public appearance since giving birth to a little girl in October.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/14/9443326-france-carla-bruni-makes-1st-post-baby-appearance</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/14/9443326-france-carla-bruni-makes-1st-post-baby-appearance</guid><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>world-news</category><category>carla-bruni</category><category>bruni</category><category>carla-bruni-sarkozy</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:22:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sarkozys unusually mum about First Baby</title>
<description><![CDATA[Their early courtship was hardly discreet: President Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni visited Disneyland Paris together, then jetted off to Jordan with cameras in tow. Weeks later, they were married.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamey Keaten]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jamey Keaten]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/11/8270586-sarkozys-unusually-mum-about-first-baby</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/11/8270586-sarkozys-unusually-mum-about-first-baby</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>first</category><category>baby</category><category>world-news</category><category>nicolas-sarkozy</category><category>carla-bruni</category><category>disneyland-paris</category><category>carla-bruni-sarkozy</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:49:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/81dc69d6-b360-4645-853a-6140edf519bb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="357" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/81dc69d6-b360-4645-853a-6140edf519bb.jpg" width="120" height="172" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept.17, 2011 file photo, France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy waves  in the gardens of the Elysee Palace in Paris. Bruni-Sarkozy is about to have a baby, and the pending birth has taken on the air of a state secret &amp;#8212; baring caution within Sarkozy's political team as the unpopular president eyes a possible re-election bid. Bruni-Sarkozy is poised to become the first first lady in modern France to give birth. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/53339d16-4f56-47b4-b15e-8f33191f7bcb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/53339d16-4f56-47b4-b15e-8f33191f7bcb.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Plainclothes police officers stand outside La Muette clinic, Monday, Oct.10, 2011 in Paris,  where French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is reportedly expected to give birth in the near future. France's pregnant first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy recently has sidestepped a question about the gender of her baby, saying she doesn't know whether she's expecting a boy or a girl. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b2cfc1ef-caba-4449-813b-b103c0f75a62.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b2cfc1ef-caba-4449-813b-b103c0f75a62.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Plainclothes police officers stand outside La Muette clinic, Monday, Oct.10, 2011 in Paris, and where French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is reportedly expected to give birth in the near future. France's pregnant first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy recently has sidestepped a question about the gender of her baby, saying she doesn't know whether she's expecting a boy or a girl. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bruni's Cannes no-show fuels pregnancy buzz</title>
<description><![CDATA[When organizers of the Cannes Film Festival announced weeks ago that it would open with Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris," which features French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy in a small but much-hyped role, the paparazzi had visions of the one-time top model and President Nicolas Sarkozy racheting up the bling factor on the red carpet.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenny Barchfield]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jenny Barchfield]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/11/6624977-brunis-cannes-no-show-fuels-pregnancy-buzz</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/11/6624977-brunis-cannes-no-show-fuels-pregnancy-buzz</guid><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>woody-allen</category><category>world-news</category><category>cannes</category><category>nicolas-sarkozy</category><category>cannes-film-festival</category><category>carla-bruni</category><category>bruni</category><category>carla-bruni-sarkozy</category><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 16:51:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/016682be-6006-44f1-84dd-6cf54cc5f0fe.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/016682be-6006-44f1-84dd-6cf54cc5f0fe.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this film publicity image released by Sony Pictures Classics, Carla Bruni, left, and Owen Wilson are shown in a scene from, &quot;Midnight in Paris.&quot; (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Classics)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>India, France sign multimillion nuclear power deal</title>
<description><![CDATA[India and France signed a multibillion agreement Monday to build two nuclear power plants in India as French President Nicolas Sarkozy worked to drum up business for his nation during his four-day visit here.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nirmala George]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nirmala George]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/04/5577671-india-france-sign-multimillion-nuclear-power-deal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/04/5577671-india-france-sign-multimillion-nuclear-power-deal</guid><category>business</category><category>france</category><category>india</category><category>taj-mahal</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>nicolas-sarkozy</category><category>carla-bruni</category><pubDate>Sat, 4 Dec 2010 06:07:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0cc9cccd-1089-4ddd-aee2-3a8925e845c6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0cc9cccd-1089-4ddd-aee2-3a8925e845c6.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French President Nicolas Sarkozy and first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy disembark from their plane upon arrival in Bangalore, India, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. Sarkozy has arrived on a four-day visit to India during which the two sides are expected to sign agreements to set up nuclear power plants in India and jointly develop satellites to study climate change. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7e20fd5d-d19a-4937-830d-bcd1487e7154.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="385" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7e20fd5d-d19a-4937-830d-bcd1487e7154.jpg" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French President Nicolas Sarkozy and first lady Carla Bruni disembark from their plane upon arrival in Bangalore, India, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. Sarkozy is on a four-day visit to India. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/11b7d0ed-883d-464c-8bb2-3337eb946cdd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="355" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/11b7d0ed-883d-464c-8bb2-3337eb946cdd.jpg" width="120" height="173" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French President Nicolas Sarkozy disembarks from his plane upon arrival in Bangalore, India, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. Sarkozy is on a four-day visit to India. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/78ac830c-a78b-4bf9-b8d8-eb349e1cbc7c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="307" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/78ac830c-a78b-4bf9-b8d8-eb349e1cbc7c.jpg" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French President Nicolas Sarkozy and first lady Carla Bruni Sarkozy disembark from their plane upon arrival in Bangalore, India, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. Sarkozy is on a four-day visit to India. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f05cba5c-5feb-4774-bcb4-bd52c11a1e62.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f05cba5c-5feb-4774-bcb4-bd52c11a1e62.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French President Nicolas Sarkozy, second left, and his wife Carla Bruni, third left, walk with Sufi Muslim priests during a visit to the Fatehpur Sikri, a town that was the capital of the Mogul empire in the 16th century, near Agra, India, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. Sarkozy arrived on his four-day India visit on Saturday, accompanied by his defense, foreign and finance ministers and nearly 60 business leaders. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a3daac1d-3590-44d6-a5bd-5e2dd8cd933b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="297" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a3daac1d-3590-44d6-a5bd-5e2dd8cd933b.jpg" width="120" height="207" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French President Nicolas Sarkozy, center, and his wife Carla Bruni, right, stand with Sufi Muslim priests during a visit to the Fatehpur Sikri, a town that was the capital of the Mogul empire in the 16th century, near Agra, India, Sunday, Dec.5, 2010. Sarkozy arrived on his four-day India visit on Saturday, accompanied by his defense, foreign and finance ministers and nearly 60 business leaders. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/cae3e15b-acb5-4f3f-a664-f3c119d127bb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cae3e15b-acb5-4f3f-a664-f3c119d127bb.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French President Nicolas Sarkozy waves as he walks with his wife Carla Bruni and Sufi Muslim priests during a visit to the Fatehpur Sikri, a town that was the capital of the Mogul empire in the 16th century, near Agra, India, Sunday, Dec.5, 2010. Sarkozy arrived on his four-day India visit on Saturday, accompanied by his defense, foreign and finance ministers and nearly 60 business leaders. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/13abfb55-583e-4538-b197-6be4e8c89807.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/13abfb55-583e-4538-b197-6be4e8c89807.jpg" width="120" height="199" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French President Nicolas Sarkozy,  left, and his wife Carla Bruni walk with Sufi Muslim priests, unseen, during a visit to the Fatehpur Sikri, a town that was the capital of the Mogul empire in the 16th century, near Agra, India, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. Sarkozy arrived on his four-day India visit on Saturday, accompanied by his defense, foreign and finance ministers and nearly 60 business leaders. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e256fdff-270b-42aa-a2f5-ca847925cc19.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e256fdff-270b-42aa-a2f5-ca847925cc19.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An Indian man stands in the foreground as a foreign tourist, right, poses for photographs at the Taj Mahal monument, seen behind, in Agra, India, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a3be7bf1-0229-4bb9-b78d-7b3aae181626.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a3be7bf1-0229-4bb9-b78d-7b3aae181626.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, right, his wife Gursharan Kaur, center,  welcome French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy at the Prime Minister residence in New-Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. Sarkozy on his four-day visit to India is accompanied by his defense, foreign and finance ministers and nearly 60 business leaders. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/887f9470-d686-4564-8051-8af0faa8ccd2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/887f9470-d686-4564-8051-8af0faa8ccd2.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French president Nicolas Sarkozy, center, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy arrives at the Taj Mahal Palace, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. Sarkozy on his four-day visit to India is accompanied by his defense, foreign and finance ministers and nearly 60 business leaders. (AP Photo/Lionel Bonaventure, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/90211d37-2dbe-4ff7-8b2b-21635d007941.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/90211d37-2dbe-4ff7-8b2b-21635d007941.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French president Nicolas Sarkozy, center, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy arrives at the Taj Mahal Palace, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. Sarkozy on his four-day visit to India is accompanied by his defense, foreign and finance ministers and nearly 60 business leaders. (AP Photo/Lionel Bonaventure, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d959a955-c66d-4fb1-a7fb-812f70fc11fb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d959a955-c66d-4fb1-a7fb-812f70fc11fb.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French president Nicolas Sarkozy, center, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy arrives at the Taj Mahal Palace, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. Sarkozy on his four-day visit to India is accompanied by his defense, foreign and finance ministers and nearly 60 business leaders. (AP Photo/Lionel Bonaventure, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/19d001ec-898c-4358-9908-96ff0b27f086.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/19d001ec-898c-4358-9908-96ff0b27f086.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, is greeted by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh before their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4d75bbcb-f4d8-4829-b9b2-23f5859a5593.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4d75bbcb-f4d8-4829-b9b2-23f5859a5593.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, is greeted by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh before their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3df5c296-1384-42c5-9592-9897e1aa87cb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="395" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3df5c296-1384-42c5-9592-9897e1aa87cb.jpg" width="120" height="156" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, is greeted by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh before their meeting at Hyderabad House  in New Delhi, India, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9c32774c-5845-4068-9d08-f4dfc431369f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9c32774c-5845-4068-9d08-f4dfc431369f.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, smiles as he is greeted by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh before their meeting at Hyderabad House  in New Delhi, India, on, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8461d6c7-e43e-447c-bcbf-f0d659b0b9f1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8461d6c7-e43e-447c-bcbf-f0d659b0b9f1.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrive for a meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Author of Carla Bruni book defends sources</title>
<description><![CDATA[The co-author of a new book about French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy defended his sources Friday amid a media buzz over a passage that cites Michelle Obama as calling life in the White House "hell."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenny Barchfield]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jenny Barchfield]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/17/5126231-author-of-carla-bruni-book-defends-sources</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/17/5126231-author-of-carla-bruni-book-defends-sources</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>white-house</category><category>obama</category><category>world-news</category><category>carla-bruni</category><category>bruni</category><category>michelle-obama</category><category>carla-bruni-sarkozy</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:52:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/eb353783-9741-4f66-b68d-214fbfd75b07.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/eb353783-9741-4f66-b68d-214fbfd75b07.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French writer Yves Derai poses with his book &quot;Carla and the Ambitious&quot; in Paris, Friday Sept. 17, 2010. A new biography of French First lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy quotes her American counterpart Michelle Obama as calling life in the White-House as &quot;hell&quot;. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/eb13749c-f111-485c-9b5c-e494dc2d1b56.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/eb13749c-f111-485c-9b5c-e494dc2d1b56.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French writer Yves Derai poses with his book &quot;Carla and the Ambitious&quot; in Paris, Friday Sept. 17, 2010. A new biography of French First lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy quotes her American counterpart Michelle Obama as calling life in the White-House as &quot;hell&quot;. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/35f6f10f-b304-47db-ad3d-c00b8c90d4dd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/35f6f10f-b304-47db-ad3d-c00b8c90d4dd.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French writer Yves Derai poses with his book &quot;Carla and the Ambitious&quot; in Paris, Friday Sept. 17, 2010. A new biography of French First lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy quotes her American counterpart Michelle Obama as calling life in the White-House as &quot;hell&quot;. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8def45db-6cd6-4b02-a667-e47215a27992.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8def45db-6cd6-4b02-a667-e47215a27992.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French writer Yves Derai poses with his book &quot;Carla and the Ambitious&quot; in Paris, Friday Sept. 17, 2010. A new biography of French First lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy quotes her American counterpart Michelle Obama as calling life in the White-House as &quot;hell&quot;. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5c076294-3a61-4f6f-b511-6d3edffa7e6a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="377" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5c076294-3a61-4f6f-b511-6d3edffa7e6a.jpg" width="120" height="163" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A copy of &quot;Carla Et Les Ambitieux&quot; or &quot;Carla and the Ambitious&quot; written by Michael Darmon and Yves Derai is displayed in Paris, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A new biography of French First lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy quotes her American counterpart Michelle Obama as calling life in the White-House as &quot;hell&quot;. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>White House denies Mrs. Obama made 'hell' comment</title>
<description><![CDATA[The White House is denying that first lady Michelle Obama ever described her White House life as "hell."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/16/5122059-white-house-denies-mrs-obama-made-hell-comment</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/16/5122059-white-house-denies-mrs-obama-made-hell-comment</guid><category>us</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>carla-bruni</category><category>bruni</category><category>michelle-obama</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:10:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/75ca9119-e728-464a-9799-220ceb655640.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/75ca9119-e728-464a-9799-220ceb655640.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;File - This April 3, 2009 file photo shows U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, left, stands with Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, at Palais Rohan in Strasbourg, France. A new biography of French First lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, &quot;Carla et les Ambitieux&quot; or &quot;Carla and the Ambitious&quot;, quotes her American counterpart Michelle Obama as calling life in the White-House &quot;hell&quot;.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b2edbea7-62e3-48e7-aeb6-96ed4631e97e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b2edbea7-62e3-48e7-aeb6-96ed4631e97e.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Copies of &quot; Carla Et Les Ambitieux&quot; or &quot;Carla and the Ambitious&quot; written by Michael Darmon and Yves Derai, displayed at a bookshop in Paris, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. A new biography of French First lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy quotes her American counterpart Michelle Obama as calling life in the White-House as &quot;hell&quot;. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/28d028da-8998-4216-b7d9-0bf61d9a75ac.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="291" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/28d028da-8998-4216-b7d9-0bf61d9a75ac.jpg" width="120" height="211" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;File  - This April 3, 2009 file photo shows U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, left, stands with Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, at Palais Rohan in Strasbourg, France. A new biography of French First lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, &quot;Carla et les Ambitieux&quot; or &quot;Carla and the Ambitious&quot;, quotes her American counterpart Michelle Obama as calling life in the White-House &quot;hell&quot;.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Iran state media call French first lady prostitute</title>
<description><![CDATA[Iranian state media called France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, a "prostitute" on Monday in an unusual attack on the wife of a world leader that shows deep anger over her support for an Iranian woman who faced death by stoning on an adultery conviction.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ali Akbar Dareini]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ali Akbar Dareini]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/30/5000499-iran-state-media-call-french-first-lady-prostitute</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/30/5000499-iran-state-media-call-french-first-lady-prostitute</guid><category>iran</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><category>carla-bruni</category><category>bruni</category><category>carla-bruni-sarkozy</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:55:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/83c9acaf-4c33-44f8-8670-a2c7a3bbd7a4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="361" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/83c9acaf-4c33-44f8-8670-a2c7a3bbd7a4.jpg" width="120" height="170" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Wednesday, July 14, 2010 file photo, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy attends the annual Bastille Day military parade on The Champs Elysee Avenue in Paris, France. Iran's hardline media have called the French first lady a &quot;prostitute&quot; after she expressed strong support for an Iranian woman facing death by stoning for adultery. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8c4b37c1-a7e1-4b80-a927-ae40fd6f7fa6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8c4b37c1-a7e1-4b80-a927-ae40fd6f7fa6.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this  Friday, June 18, 2010 file photo, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, right, waves as she leaves 10 Downing Street in London with her husband French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, after their lunch with British Prime Minister, David Cameron and his wife Samantha Cameron. Iran's hardline media have called the French first lady a &quot;prostitute&quot; after she expressed strong support for an Iranian woman facing death by stoning for adultery. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>1 term's enough for France's Carla Bruni</title>
<description><![CDATA[French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy says it's up to her husband to decide whether to run for a second term in office in 2012 but says "one term would satisfy me."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/14/3630472-1-terms-enough-for-frances-carla-bruni</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/14/3630472-1-terms-enough-for-frances-carla-bruni</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>world-news</category><category>carla-bruni</category><category>bruni</category><category>carla-bruni-sarkozy</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:49:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Nude Carla Bruni photo auctioned in Berlin</title>
<description><![CDATA[A revealing photograph of former model and France's current first lady Carla Bruni was bought for $19,600 by an anonymous bidder Thursday at a Berlin auction house.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/04/2896525-nude-carla-bruni-photo-auctioned-in-berlin</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/04/2896525-nude-carla-bruni-photo-auctioned-in-berlin</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>photo</category><category>world-news</category><category>carla-bruni</category><category>bruni</category><category>nude-bruni</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Jun 2009 16:22:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/25bc2114-1fa7-4d2b-92db-066d7d581fa0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/25bc2114-1fa7-4d2b-92db-066d7d581fa0.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A woman, displays a nude photo of Carla Bruni, taken by US photographer Pamela Hanson, at the show room of the Villa Griesebach Auction in Berlin, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. The photo of the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be sold at an auction on Thursday, June 4, in Berlin. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>French first lady joins global fight against AIDS</title>
<description><![CDATA[France's glamorous first lady threw her considerable star power behind the global fight against AIDS on Monday, as the world tallied the victims of the HIV virus that infects a new person every 15 seconds.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joelle Diderich]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Joelle Diderich]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/01/2166357-french-first-lady-joins-global-fight-against-aids</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/01/2166357-french-first-lady-joins-global-fight-against-aids</guid><category>day</category><category>aids</category><category>world-news</category><category>nicolas-sarkozy</category><category>carla-bruni</category><category>bruni</category><category>carla-bruni-sarkozy</category><category>aids-day-carla-bruni</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Dec 2008 16:41:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/16707616-7f48-41ec-a32b-b2e451ab45ec.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/16707616-7f48-41ec-a32b-b2e451ab45ec.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, right, and Executive Director of the Geneva-based Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Michel Kazatchkine, attend a press conference on World Aids Day, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008, in Paris. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is to be named later Monday a special ambassador for the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, an international fund-raising organization. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0b134226-1f9f-46c1-ae97-1e16ae1a8c87.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="327" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0b134226-1f9f-46c1-ae97-1e16ae1a8c87.jpg" width="120" height="188" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy delivers a speech during a press conference on World Aids Day, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008 in Paris. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is to be named later Monday a special ambassador for the the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, an international fund-raising organization. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1b31fcfe-65c2-4ef4-b77e-3d5d9cf21a1e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1b31fcfe-65c2-4ef4-b77e-3d5d9cf21a1e.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy delivers a speech during a press conference on World Aids Day, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008 in Paris. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is to be named later Monday a special ambassador for the the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, an international fund-raising organization. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9d3107fa-5c99-4ac9-a079-6ca0661c070e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9d3107fa-5c99-4ac9-a079-6ca0661c070e.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Activist Romulo Araujo stands inside a large inflatable bubble to promote HIV awareness as he interacts with a woman during a protest marking World AIDS Day in Brasilia, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. The bubble reads in Portuguese &quot; The prejudice isolates ... &quot; (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/75c549d7-7298-41ec-b8a6-f29e25e72c45.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/75c549d7-7298-41ec-b8a6-f29e25e72c45.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A woman reacts as a health official shows the correct way to use a condom during a campaign marking World AIDS Day in San Salvador, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Luis Romero)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0efb0585-36fa-4434-aa06-5cbf77ec261b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0efb0585-36fa-4434-aa06-5cbf77ec261b.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President George W. Bush makes a statement with first lady Laura Bush on World AIDS Day at the White House on Monday, December 1, 2008 in Washington.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Sarkozy Back to Business After Wedding</title>
<description><![CDATA[Now that Carla Bruni is his bride, Nicolas Sarkozy is focusing again on running France: endorsing a showcase super-fast train, promising to rescue steel workers threatened with layoffs and negotiating with labor leaders.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angela Charlton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Angela Charlton]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/05/1279944-sarkozy-back-to-business-after-wedding</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/05/1279944-sarkozy-back-to-business-after-wedding</guid><category>france</category><category>back</category><category>world-news</category><category>sarkozy</category><category>nicolas-sarkozy</category><category>carla-bruni</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2008 18:35:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/PAR10502051616.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/PAR10502051616.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French President Nicolas Sarkozy, rear center, talks with with Alstom workers on a high speed train TGV assembly line at the French engineering company Alstom, in Aytre, western France, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. Alstom, in cooperation with French National Railways SNCF, has developed a new design of TGV called AGV. It will be the first articulated high-speed train with distributed traction rather than power cars at each end. CEO of France's Alstom SA Patrick Kron is seen at right. (AP Photo/Xavier Leoty, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ENA10902051413.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ENA10902051413.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;France's President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech in front of the new high-speed train, AGV, at the plant of the French engineering company Alstom, in La Rochelle, western France, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. Alstom, in cooperation with French National Railways SNCF, has developed a new design of TGV called AGV. It will be the first articulated high-speed train with distributed traction rather than power cars at each end. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ENA10502051354.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ENA10502051354.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, shakes hand with Alstom workers on a high speed train TGV assembly line at the French engineering company Alstom, in Aytre, western France, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. Alstom, in cooperation with French National Railways SNCF, has developed a new design of TGV called AGV. It will be the first articulated high-speed train with distributed traction rather than power cars at each end. CEO of France's Alstom SA Patrick Kron is seen at right. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ENA10102051321.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ENA10102051321.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;France's President Nicolas Sarkozy sits at the wheel in the driver's compartment of the new high-speed train, AGV, at the plant of the French engineering company Alstom, in La Rochelle, western France, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. Alstom, in cooperation with French National Railways SNCF, has developed a new design of TGV called AGV. It will be the first articulated high-speed train with distributed traction rather than power cars at each end. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ENA10302051333.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ENA10302051333.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;France's President Nicolas Sarkozy sits at the controls in the driver's compartment of the new high-speed train, AGV, at the plant of the French engineering company Alstom, in La Rochelle, western France, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. Alstom, in cooperation with French National Railways SNCF, has developed a new design of TGV called AGV. It will be the first articulated high-speed train with distributed traction rather than power cars at each end. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>French Leader, Wife Stay Near Versailles</title>
<description><![CDATA[French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his new wife, Carla Bruni, spent their wedding night in a former hunting lodge near the palace at Versailles, news reports said Sunday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angela Doland]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Angela Doland]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/02/1274122-french-leader-wife-stay-near-versailles</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/02/1274122-french-leader-wife-stay-near-versailles</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>france</category><category>world-news</category><category>sarkozy</category><category>nicolas-sarkozy</category><category>carla-bruni</category><category>bruni</category><category>sarkozy-bruni</category><pubDate>Sun, 3 Feb 2008 02:08:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/18f12ec6-30e3-4a5b-888a-6278a20a5512.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/18f12ec6-30e3-4a5b-888a-6278a20a5512.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, and his new girlfriend - supermodel-turned singer Carla Bruni, left, look up to admire the Sphinx at sunset in Cairo, Egypt, in this Dec. 30, 2007 file picture. The couple have wed on Saturday Feb. 2, 2008 at the Elysee Palace, the mayor who performed the ceremony said. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/PAR10102021448.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="297" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/PAR10102021448.jpg" width="120" height="207" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and his girlfriend, former Italian model Carla Bruni are seen on a trip to Cairo, Egypt in this Dec. 30, 2007 file photo. Sarkozy married his girlfriend in a small ceremony Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008 at the presidential Elysee Palace, the mayor who performed the ceremony said. Sarkozy, 53, and Bruni, 40, have had a whirlwind courtship: They married less than three months after they reportedly first met, and less than four months after Sarkozy divorced his second wife, Cecilia. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/PAR10802021826.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="391" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/PAR10802021826.jpg" width="120" height="157" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An unidentified man carries flowers into the Elysee Palace in Paris, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and his girlfriend, former Italian model Carla Bruni married today in a small ceremony at the Elysee Palace, the mayor who performed the ceremony said.  Sarkozy, 53, and Bruni, 40, have had a whirlwind courtship, They married less than three months after they reportedly first met, and less than four months after Sarkozy divorced his second wife, Cecilia. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/PAR10202031540.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="358" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/PAR10202031540.jpg" width="120" height="108" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and his new wife, former Italian model Carla Bruni, second left, walk in the park of the Chateau de Versailles, near the Lanterne, an official residence in Versailles, France, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008. As the couple strolled in Versailles on Sunday they were accompanied by Italian businessman Maurizio Remmert, right, who has reportedly claimed to be Bruni's biological father from an affair he had long ago with her mother, concert pianist Marysa Borini. At second right is Remmert's wife Marcia de Luca. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/PAR10302031541.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="328" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/PAR10302031541.jpg" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and his new wife, former Italian model Carla Bruni, second left, walk in the park of the Chateau de Versailles, near the Lanterne, an official residence in Versailles, France Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008. As the couple strolled in Versailles on Sunday they were accompanied by Italian businessman Maurizio Remmert, right, who has reportedly claimed to be Bruni's biological father from an affair he had long ago with her mother, concert pianist Marysa Borini. At second right is Remmert's wife Marcia de Luca. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>French President Marries Former Model</title>
<description><![CDATA[French President Nicolas Sarkozy married former model Carla Bruni on Saturday at the Elysee Palace, the couple announced, tying the knot less than three months after they reportedly first met.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/02/1273126-french-president-marries-former-model</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/02/1273126-french-president-marries-former-model</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>france</category><category>world-news</category><category>sarkozy</category><category>nicolas-sarkozy</category><category>carla-bruni</category><category>bruni</category><category>sarkozy-bruni</category><pubDate>Sat, 2 Feb 2008 13:15:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/09aff80f-be8f-4e68-a24b-178eafbc6ec7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="354" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/09aff80f-be8f-4e68-a24b-178eafbc6ec7.jpg" width="120" height="174" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Italian supermodel-turned singer Carla Bruni lowers her sunglasses to look at photographers as she walks to visit the Pyramids at sunset in Cairo, Egypt in this Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007, file photo. French President Nicolas Sarkozy married former model Carla Bruni on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008, at the Elysee Palace, according to the official who performed the ceremony. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/aee38dcf-b84d-4b3a-9ef3-bdedba206c9d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/aee38dcf-b84d-4b3a-9ef3-bdedba206c9d.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French President Nicolas Sarkozy looks on as he arrives for delegation level talks, in New Delhi, India, in this Friday, Jan. 25, 2008 file photo. Sarkozy married former model Carla Bruni on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008, at the Elysee Palace, according to the official who performed the ceremony. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/PAR10302021448.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="319" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/PAR10302021448.jpg" width="120" height="193" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and his girlfriend, former Italian model Carla Bruni are seen on a trip to Cairo, Egypt in this Dec. 30, 2007 file photo. Sarkozy married his girlfriend in a small ceremony Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008 at the presidential Elysee Palace, the mayor who performed the ceremony said. Sarkozy, 53, and Bruni, 40, have had a whirlwind courtship: They married less than three months after they reportedly first met, and less than four months after Sarkozy divorced his second wife, Cecilia. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/18f12ec6-30e3-4a5b-888a-6278a20a5512.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/18f12ec6-30e3-4a5b-888a-6278a20a5512.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, and his new girlfriend - supermodel-turned singer Carla Bruni, left, look up to admire the Sphinx at sunset in Cairo, Egypt, in this Dec. 30, 2007 file picture. The couple have wed on Saturday Feb. 2, 2008 at the Elysee Palace, the mayor who performed the ceremony said. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/PAR10102021448.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="297" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/PAR10102021448.jpg" width="120" height="207" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and his girlfriend, former Italian model Carla Bruni are seen on a trip to Cairo, Egypt in this Dec. 30, 2007 file photo. Sarkozy married his girlfriend in a small ceremony Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008 at the presidential Elysee Palace, the mayor who performed the ceremony said. Sarkozy, 53, and Bruni, 40, have had a whirlwind courtship: They married less than three months after they reportedly first met, and less than four months after Sarkozy divorced his second wife, Cecilia. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/PAR10802021826.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="391" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/PAR10802021826.jpg" width="120" height="157" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An unidentified man carries flowers into the Elysee Palace in Paris, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and his girlfriend, former Italian model Carla Bruni married today in a small ceremony at the Elysee Palace, the mayor who performed the ceremony said.  Sarkozy, 53, and Bruni, 40, have had a whirlwind courtship, They married less than three months after they reportedly first met, and less than four months after Sarkozy divorced his second wife, Cecilia. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Court Hears Sarkozy Suit Against Airline</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lawsuits by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and girlfriend Carla Bruni over budget airline Ryanair's use of their photo in an advertisement went to court Thursday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/30/1266820-court-hears-sarkozy-suit-against-airline</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/30/1266820-court-hears-sarkozy-suit-against-airline</guid><category>france</category><category>ad</category><category>world-news</category><category>sarkozy</category><category>nicolas-sarkozy</category><category>carla-bruni</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:06:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sarkozy Objects to Ryanair Ad</title>
<description><![CDATA[French President Nicolas Sarkozy has asked his lawyer to take legal action against low-cost airline Ryanair for using a photo of him and girlfriend Carla Bruni in an advertisement, a spokesman said Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/28/1261304-sarkozy-objects-to-ryanair-ad</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/28/1261304-sarkozy-objects-to-ryanair-ad</guid><category>france</category><category>ad</category><category>world-news</category><category>nicolas-sarkozy</category><category>carla-bruni</category><category>sarkozy-ad</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:56:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>List of Politician-Celebrity Couples</title>
<description><![CDATA[French President Nicolas Sarkozy and former model Carla Bruni join a long list of politician-celebrity couples who have made headlines. Some others:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/08/1212637-list-of-politician-celebrity-couples</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/08/1212637-list-of-politician-celebrity-couples</guid><category>glance</category><category>leaders</category><category>world-news</category><category>nicolas-sarkozy</category><category>lovers</category><category>carla-bruni</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 Jan 2008 20:28:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6bce0eae-7d2e-4cb8-a98b-4d42a6477405.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="448" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6bce0eae-7d2e-4cb8-a98b-4d42a6477405.jpg" width="120" height="134" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Prince Rainier III of Monaco and Grace Kelly leave her New York apartment in this Jan. 6, 1956 file photo, on their way to a benefit ball at the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, a day after they announced their engagement. The possible union of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and former model Carla Bruni would add them to a long list of politician-celebrity couples who have made headlines. Sarkozy hinted Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008 he may soon marry former model Carla Bruni.  (AP Photo/Tom Fitzsimmons)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f78e3859-d980-4c37-a428-653983f8151f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="303" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f78e3859-d980-4c37-a428-653983f8151f.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Juan Peron, President of Argentina, and his wife Eva Peron are seen in this Oct. 10, 1950 file photo in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The possible union of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and former model Carla Bruni would add them to a long list of politician-celebrity couples who have made headlines. Sarkozy hinted Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008 he may soon marry former model Carla Bruni. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3d523a44-1603-452c-be62-96e1adbfdece.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="449" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3d523a44-1603-452c-be62-96e1adbfdece.jpg" width="120" height="135" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Carlos Menem receives a caress from his wife Cecilia Bolocco  at his headquarters in Buenos Aires, in this Sunday, April 27, 2003 file photo.  The possible union of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and former model Carla Bruni would add them to a long list of politician-celebrity couples who have made headlines. Sarkozy hinted Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008 he may soon marry former model Carla Bruni.  (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Lovestruck Sarkozy Fends Off Critics</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Nicolas Sarkozy hinted Tuesday he may soon marry former model Carla Bruni, but polls suggest he's heading toward divorce with some of the voters who put him in power.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angela Doland]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Angela Doland]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/08/1211428-lovestruck-sarkozy-fends-off-critics</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/08/1211428-lovestruck-sarkozy-fends-off-critics</guid><category>france</category><category>world-news</category><category>sarkozy</category><category>nicolas-sarkozy</category><category>carla-bruni</category><category>bruni</category><category>sarkozy-bruni</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 Jan 2008 10:59:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e4eb8c19-838a-4737-8f2e-1eea9a985202.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="335" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e4eb8c19-838a-4737-8f2e-1eea9a985202.jpg" width="120" height="101" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and his new girlfriend, supermodel-turned-singer Carla Bruni, second from right, hold hands with an unidentified boy, center, during their visit to the ancient Jordanian ruins of Petra, Jordan, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008. Sarkozy is on a private visit to Jordan but did meet King Abdullah II Friday at his residence in the port city of Aqaba and talked about the Middle East situation, including the peace process and the political deadlock in Lebanon. (AP Photo/Nader Daoud)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3d91b866-11c1-4d97-84dd-9f817e584dd5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="461" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3d91b866-11c1-4d97-84dd-9f817e584dd5.jpg" width="120" height="138" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers his speech during a press conference replacing the traditional New Year address to the press, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Tuesday Jan. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ca6d7536-489b-481f-8356-1852d29b435a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="328" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ca6d7536-489b-481f-8356-1852d29b435a.jpg" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers his speech during a press conference replacing the traditional New Year address to the press, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Tuesday Jan. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2e101bc4-3bc1-4841-a365-4e8668683923.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="320" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2e101bc4-3bc1-4841-a365-4e8668683923.jpg" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers his speech during a press conference replacing the traditional New Year address to the press, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Tuesday Jan. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0b2a70b6-bf00-4164-9d8a-531b7eb6655e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0b2a70b6-bf00-4164-9d8a-531b7eb6655e.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers his speech during a press conference replacing the traditional New Year address to the press, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Tuesday Jan .8, 2008. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/329ff304-1588-49f4-84a4-f5ed3814db75.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/329ff304-1588-49f4-84a4-f5ed3814db75.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French President Nicolas Sarkozy answers questions during a press conference replacing the traditional New Year address to the press, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Tuesday Jan.8; 2008. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5300b491-999d-4e29-86c2-3e37e9ab4dc9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="246" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5300b491-999d-4e29-86c2-3e37e9ab4dc9.jpg" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his new girlfriend - supermodel-turned singer Carla Bruni, left, looking back at photographers, admire a view of the Giza Pyramids at sunset in Cairo, Egypt Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007. Sarkozy hints he may soon marry Bruni, but polls suggest he's heading toward divorce with some of the voters who put him in power. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Saudi Calls on Sarkozy to Visit Alone</title>
<description><![CDATA[A senior Saudi official urged French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday to respect Saudi Arabia's conservative Islamic culture by visiting the country without his girlfriend, former supermodel Carla Bruni.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abdullah Shihri]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abdullah Shihri]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/07/1210074-saudi-calls-on-sarkozy-to-visit-alone</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/07/1210074-saudi-calls-on-sarkozy-to-visit-alone</guid><category>saudi-arabia</category><category>saudi</category><category>world-news</category><category>sarkozy</category><category>nicolas-sarkozy</category><category>carla-bruni</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 Jan 2008 21:18:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>