Sarkozy and Bruni have married, dailys

by uusjio | January 14, 2008 at 07:38 pm

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and pop singer and former supermodel Carla Bruni tied the knot last Thursday at the Elysee Palace, the daily L`Est Republicain reported Monday on its website, citing an anonymous source with ties to a witness at the ceremony.
The weekly Le Journal du Dimanche had reported that Sarkozy, who will turn 53 on January 28, and the 39-year-old Bruni would marry in February.
But L`Est Republicain said the French president decided to push up the date because of the diplomatic problems raised by their marital status on official trips to countries with strict religious values.
This week Sarkozy travelled to Saudi Arabia without Bruni because contacts between unmarried or unrelated men and women are punished there by whipping.
The French president is scheduled to travel to India on January 24 to sign a number of important economic contracts and take part in celebrations commemorating the establishment of the Indian constitution.

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