Sarkozy Is Assaulted as He Meets Voters -- New York Times
PARIS — President Nicolas Sarkozy of France was rubbing shoulders with voters Thursday when one of them literally grabbed his, violently yanking his suit collar, and would have been pulled to the ground had it not been for a metal barricade that caught his fall.
The exact motives of the assailant, who the police say was unarmed, remain unclear. But his ability to get so close to France’s head of state and physically assault him, before being tackled by security guards seconds later and detained, may raise concerns about presidential security just as the campaigning for the 2012 election gets under way.
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Israel warns Assad: Attack us,
we'll hit you personally.
Yemen president orders
talks on deal to end crisis.
Israel 'sabotages two ships bound for Gaza',
activists claim.
June bloodiest month for
U.S. in Iraq in 2 years. U.S. monthly combat deaths
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US backs Syria reform plan
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on Hariri indictments. UN court indicts four Hezbollah members
over Hariri car bomb. Indictments issued in
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Syrian forces take mountainous province;
11 killed. Syria pulls its armed forces
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new U.S. sanctions.
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food to Libyan rebels.
African Union is in an economic crisis,
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Deadly gunfight in
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