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...French officials in Dubai have offered Alexandre diplomatic protection this week in Dubai; he and his mother fly from Paris on Tuesday to attend the trial. "Let's be honest, I never wanted to go back but I want justice, so I have to," Alexandre told TIME in Paris on Monday...
...Rien" - French for "nothing," famously the final diary entry by Louis XVI on the morning of his overthrow on July 14, 1789 - is exactly what the French are expecting out of Tuesday's White House summit between President Nicolas Sarkozy and President George W. Bush. The visit is expected to largely serve as another exercise in atmospherics to showcase just how positive the U.S.-French relationship has become, despite nothing having substantially changed in policy terms since Jacques Chirac cleared out his desk...
...Sarko l'Americain was a term promoted by Sarkozy's communications team and fed to the French media, knowing that the Bush Administration had portrayed Chirac as the anti-Christ, and that by simply appearing friendly and cooperative, Sarkozy could restore friendly ties with Washington. Also aware that the unpopular U.S. President could really use a pal and admirer in a place that his Administration had least come to expect one - the Elysée Palace - Sarkozy has stressed the positive and pointed out all the ways France and the U.S. can work together. That, and his media-hyped Kennebunkport...
...accord on Lebanon as well, but it was under Chirac that the French took a major role in helping the U.S. roll back Syrian influence there in the wake of the murder of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri...
...membership, which is directly at odds with what Washington wants. Nor would Bush have much time for Sarko's complaints about the disparities in the dollar-euro exchange rate. Instead, expect the two men to emphasize their agreement (hardly new) on fighting the good fight in Afghanistan, gradual French reintegration within NATO, and doing something about thuggery in Darfur and Burma...