Nicolas Sarkozy collapses during jogging

September 14th, 2009 PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has threatened to walk out of this month's meeting of the G20 group of nations if no agreement is found on limiting the bonus of executives, the daily Le Figaro reported Monday. "If there is no concrete decision, I will leave," Sarkozy was quoted as saying.

August 6th, 2009 LONDON - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's recent jogging collapse has shot up his popularity by 12pct. The first opinion poll since his heath scare has shown a 12 per cent increase in those who think that the 54-year-old politician is succeeding as head of state.

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.

August 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Carla Bruni has apparently been inspiring her husband President Nicolas Sarkozy with a relentless self-improvement campaign. The French President was said to have given up chocolate, pastries and ice cream and often reportedly relied on mealtimes with a plate of fruit and cottage cheese under the former supermodel's alleged influence, reports The Times.

July 30th, 2009 LONDON - After a recent health scare, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has revealed that he and his wife Carla Bruni hardly ever go out and would rather stay in. Sarkozy, 54, spoke with journalists on the steps of the Elysée Palace following rumours of ill health after he collapsed while jogging on July 26, and he insisted that there was nothing to it and that he just needed rest.

July 29th, 2009 PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday that his recent collapse while jogging was just a matter of running out of gas. "I ran out of gas, the way everyone one does," Sarkozy told journalists at the Elysee Palace after a meeting of his cabinet.

July 28th, 2009 LONDON - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been asked by his friends to give up severe diet and exercise regime introduced to him by wife Carla Bruni. The 54-year-old politician was rushed to hospital last weekend after he collapsed while jogging.

July 27th, 2009 PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy left hospital on Monday after suffering a dizzy spell while jogging on Sunday. Sarkozy had spent a night in hospital after collapsing while jogging.

July 26th, 2009 PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy was taken to hospital Sunday after falling ill while exercising, French media reports said. France Info radio said the incident occurred before noon at his residence in Versailles.

July 20th, 2009 NEW YORK - If you were French President Nicolas Sarkozy, you could probably get a Buddhist chef to cook meat for you. That's what happened when Le Bernardin chef/co-owner Eric Ripert got an urgent call from Sarkozy's office, asking him to cook for the French president and UN President Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann at the French consulate.

July 19th, 2009 NEW YORK - French President Nicholas Sarkozy was photographed as he shook hands with admirers, while on a jog through Central Park in the heart of New York City on Saturday. He was surrounded by his bodyguards while heading for the park's reservoir.

July 9th, 2009 PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said that it cannot allow nuclear power Pakistan to fall into the hands of the Taliban and other extremist organizations, which have been challenging the writ of the government. In an interview with France 5 television, Sarkozy warned that international community can not afford to let the Taliban and other extremist groups succeed in their nefarious aims of toppling the Pakistan government to lay their hands on the nuclear armaments.

May 20th, 2009 LONDON - French First Lady Carla Bruni left hubby Nicolas Sarkozy red faced when she groped his backside during a press conference. The former model and singer was being filmed in the Elysee Palace for a magazine when the President walked in, reports the Mirror.

February 19th, 2009 PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy, angered by protest incidents in the past, is now paying visits to local communities with protection provided by hundreds of police and gendarmes, officials confirmed Thursday. A visit to the Loire valley town of Daumeray with a population of 1,600, took place with 700 police providing security, the gendarme office in Angers said.

January 10th, 2009 LONDON - The secret of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's boundless energy lies in an alternative therapist who massages his back and sends him 'positive energy waves', according to a new book on the man known as the 'hyper-president'. Sarkozy, who will be 54 later this month, has been treated by therapist Jean-Paul Moureau - known by his patients as 'Moureau the guru' - for 15 years with his special technique of 'manual therapy', says the book by journalist Patrice Machuret.