French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni visit the Israeli Knesset

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LONDON, April 1 (UPI) -- British newspapers marked April Fool's Day Tuesday with fake reports of France's president undergoing height-enhancing surgery and of flying penguins.

LONDON, March 27 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy's visit to Britain was marred by a faux pas at a state banquet with Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

WASHINGTON, March 26 (UPI) -- Is French President Nicolas Sarkozy sincere about re-joining NATO, or is this another European ploy to ease the Americans out?

PARIS, March 22 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be bringing his octogenarian mother, Andree, with him on a diplomatic visit to Britain next week.

NEW YORK, March 21 (UPI) -- The former wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy plans to remarry Sunday in New York.

PARIS, March 19 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy has dropped a lawsuit against a magazine that alleged he offered to take back his former wife, a published report said.

PARIS, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy has reversed several actions intended to fix the economy after his approval rating hit an all-time low this month.

PARIS, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni won a lawsuit against an airline that used a photo of the couple for an advertisement.

PARIS, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- The mayor of Paris says French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his Italian girlfriend, Carla Bruni, were married Saturday at the Elysee presidential palace.