Here's a feature I did for CTV.ca. It features some of your favourite international characters: Hugo Chavez, Robert Mugabe, Vladimir Putin, Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov and an emerging favourite, Nicolas Sarkozy.
With respects to the latter, I didn't learn about his new nickname until it was too late for this piece. And what is that new nickname? President Bling Bling. :)
President Nicolas Sarkozy hinted Tuesday he may soon marry former model Carla Bruni, but polls suggest he's heading toward divorce with some of the voters who put him in power.
Many are irritated by Sarkozy's flaunting of his whirlwind affair with someone whose cast of past partners includes Mick Jagger and Donald Trump. And they question Sarkozy's use of a billionaire friend's private jet for the couple's vacation.
He's being called "President Bling Bling," and it's not a compliment among the taste-conscious French.