dimanche 27 juin 2010

SUMMIT NOTEBOOK: Sarkozy left in the dark

TORONTO -- Was it a nefarious Canadian plot that left French President Nicolas Sarkozy standing silently at a microphone in the dark?

At the end of two back-to-back summits hosted by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the French leader ignored protocol, which dictates that meeting hosts get to hold their press conference before other leaders.

But when he took to the stage in a small tented room at a summit site, Sarkozy's microphone didn't work and the lights were turned off.

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