French President and First Lady expecting their first child together.

Sources say French President Nicolas Sarkozy and First Lady Carla Bruni are expecting their first bundle of joy together. There has been speculation that the couple had been expecting for some time.
The French President’s father, Pal Sarkozy told sources, “the two do not want to know the gender in advance, but I’m sure it will be a girl and as beautiful as Carla.”

Bruni, 43, was wearing concealing, loose fitting clothing during a television appearance on Monday.
There has been some rumors that Bruni may be carrying twins due to the growth of her midsection. Sarkozy’ office refused to make any comments on the rumor. Bruni’s mom, Marisa Bruni Tedeschi told sources that the couple may be expanding their family.

Bruni has a son, Aurelien Enthoven, from a previous relationship and three sons from previous marriages

French President Secures Polanski Release

Polish director Roman Polanski’s family is thanking French President Nicolas Sarkozy for being “very effective” in helping to win his release from a Swiss prison.

“I wouldn’t go so far as to say that it is thanks to the President that Roman has been freed, but he has been super,” Polanski’s sister-in-law, Mathilde Seigner, told Le Parisien newspaper. “The President has been very effective.”

The London Times speculated that Sarkozy’s wife, ex-model Carla Bruni, may have pressured her husband to intervene because she used to hob nob with Paris’ artistic community, which includes Polanski and wife Emmanuelle Seigner.

After initially balking at his release, Swiss authorities agreed to let Polanski move from a cell to his luxurious Alpine chalet once he puts up $4.5 million bail.

A bracelet will allow police to monitor Polanski , but the device does not include a global positioning system to track him should he escape.

“We can only check if the person is at home,” Jonas Peter Weber, a professor at the University of Bern, told the Times. “If the alarm goes off and no police is in the vicinity, the person will be able to flee.”

Sarkozy was first criticized for supporting Polanski in October. He expressed outrage after the director was arrested at a Zurich airport on a U.S. warrant from 1977 for having sex with a 13-year-old girl.

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