France's Champs-Elysées Goes Green

Presidential Parade
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy walk among the crowds in Paris. "The president has come to hear what people have to say," said William Villeneuve, president of the young farmers' association who led the Sarkozys on a tour. After being handed a young calf by a farmer, Sarkozy quipped, "Look, he's Aquarius like me."

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