FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy said yesterday his relationship with model-turned-singer Carla Bruni is “serious”, and he suggested that wedding plans are in the works.

A supermodel-turned-singer who once dated Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton is now romancing French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Libyan leader Col Muammar Gadaffi raised his fist triumphantly in the air upon arrival at the French presidential palace today for an official visit meant to confer new respect on the one-time international outcast.

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is in Paris today for an official visit that marks the Libyan leader’s return to grace.

Cecilia Sarkozy, newly divorced from France’s president, insisted she and her ex-husband did not lie about their relationship to smooth his election campaign.

Cecilia Sarkozy, newly divorced from France’s president, insisted she and her ex-husband did not lie about their relationship to smooth his election campaign.

CECILIA SARKOZY says her marriage to French President Nicolas Sarkozy failed just five months after his election because she hated life in the limelight.

French president Nicolas Sarkozy and wife Cecilia are near to announcing their divorce, it was claimed today.

BONJOUR from Paris. This is the first time in days I’ve used that word without being greeted with “Menu in English perhaps, monsieur?”

Moammar Gadhafi’s long-isolated country has signed contracts worth £200m (€297m) with French companies for missiles and communications equipment, a Libyan official said today.

Bulgarian nurses freed by Libya this week after more than eight years want legal action to be taken against the people they say tortured them while they were held in prison.

THE families of the children infected with the Aids virus in a Libyan hospital voiced outrage yesterday at the pardon and release of six medics who were flown to Bulgaria a day earlier.