France's diplomatic duo

FASCINATION with Carla Bruni has jumped the Atlantic: France's first lady graces the cover of September's Vanity Fair, which features a lengthy article on her life pre- and post-marriage to Nicolas Sarkozy. The magasine notes that she has embraced her new role with a passion that eluded the former Mme Sarkozy. "I am looking for something useful to do," Ms Bruni tells the interviewer. "I get piles of information about what I could do for culture, for children, education, unhappy situations. But I need to study. I don't want to make the wrong move, and I don't want to go up against my husband." Perhaps she has found her calling. Now comes news that she will soon be playing a slightly delicate diplomatic role. On a day when her husband is in Beijing working to repair what Le Monde labeled "an unprecedented crisis" in... [read full story]                    

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