Carla Bruni strokes Nicolas Sarkozy’s bum in public

October 7th, 2009 LONDON - French First Lady Carla Bruni has confessed to being in a never-ending beauty contest with other First Ladies across the world. Bruni, 41, the wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has now unveiled a new website to give the world a peek of her former glamorous supermodel days.

October 7th, 2009 LONDON - Ministers in the Nicolas Sarkozy Government are increasingly falling prey to the "Carla Bruni effect", which even inspired the French President to shed pounds. Under the influence of his supermodel-turned-singer wife, Sarkozy, 54, has been following a gruelling self-improvement regime, and is said to have lost 15 pounds.

September 24th, 2009 NEW YORK - French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy was the epitome of style and grace when she was recently spotted in the Big Apple wearing a black number. The ex-supermodel was dressed to the nines as she exited a New York City apartment building on Tuesday.

August 12th, 2009 LONDON - France's First Lady Carla Bruni was recently spotted going for a swim wearing a teeny tiny black bikini and a pair of flippers. Bruni, 41, whose sensational figure has been honed by regular sessions with personal trainer Julie Imperiali, was snapped with French president Nicolas Sarkozy in the South of France.

August 3rd, 2009 LONDON - French President Nicolas Sarkozy seems to have put the health scare behind, for he enjoyed a refreshing dip with wife Carla Bruni in the Mediterranean. The 54-year-old politician had sparked health fears a week ago, when he collapsed while he was out jogging.

July 11th, 2009 LONDON - French First lady Carla Bruni Sarkozy gave glimpse of her philanthropist side as she pledged a personal donation of a whopping 43,000 pounds to a hospital treating survivors of earthquake- ravaged town of L'Aquila. The former model-singer visited the earthquake-hit region a day after the wives of other leaders participating in the Group of Eight summit (G8) did, reports The Daily Express.

July 10th, 2009 LONDON - Love-struck French President Nicolas Sarkozy has named his new 50 million pounds jet "Carla", in honour of his third wife Carla Bruni. Last year, Sarkozy had ordered 240 million pounds worth of planes, including an Airbus designed to be bigger than any flown by other European leaders, and two corporate run-arounds for shorter trips.

July 10th, 2009 L'AQUILA - The Italian press has gone to town about the snobbish ways of Carla Bruni, the wife of French president Nicolas Sarkozy. Bruni stayed away from the first wives' audience with Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday.

July 1st, 2009 LONDON - In a bid to hit back at French President Nicolas Sarkozy's attempts to ban the burka, a crazed Islamic cleric named Anjem Choudary has branded his wife Carla Bruni a prostitute. It may be recalled that while addressing Parliament recently, Sarkozy had said wearing the burka was not welcome in France, sparking strong reactions from Muslim communities around the world.

May 31st, 2009 LONDON - Raphakl Enthoven, the ex-lover of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and father of her seven-year-old son, Aurilien, has joined an informal "kitchen cabinet" of left-wing advisers around Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president. Enthoven, a philosophy professor, visits the Elysie Palace almost regularly and likes setting the world to rights in intimate gatherings with "Sarko" around the dinner table.

May 17th, 2009 LONDON - French First Lady Carla Bruni has revealed that she puts on glasses and changes her voice in a bid to avoid being recognised on the streets of Paris. The former model-singer said her being the third wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy at times lands her in controversy and makes "normal" behaviour unworkable.

May 14th, 2009 LONDON - Mick Jagger may soon have a new neighbour in his luxurious Paris pad: ex-lover Carla Bruni along with Nicolas Sarkozy. It has been reported that the French President and wife are poised to buy a 3.5million pound "love nest" in Paris.

May 5th, 2009 LONDON - Thousands of Carla Bruni CDs will be given away for free in a French campaign funded by the country's taxpayers. The Ministry of Agriculture will send the album, along with wine and cheese vouchers, across the world to promote international food and drink sales.

January 15th, 2009 PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni became stars of France's comic book scene last year. The cover of the recently published book, 'Carla and Carlito', depicts the French first lady carrying an image of Sarkozy in a baby sling.

December 22nd, 2008 LONDON - French first lady Carla Bruni has done her bit of philanthropy by donating all proceeds of her latest album to charity. 'I'm pleased that music can be used for this,' the former supermodel was quoted as saying by vogue.co.uk.