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French President Sarkozy points at the two photographers
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, rarely shy in front of cameras, found enough was enough Sunday when chased down by two news photographers while boating in his bathing suit on his American holiday.
Sarkozy angrily confronted two photographers and even jumped aboard their boat when they snapped pictures of him and his family, one of the photographers said.
"Zut alors! French president loses his temper on Lake Winnipesaukee," was the banner headline Monday on the front-page of the local newspaper, the Union Leader. It ran with a photograph of an upset Sarkozy pointing his index finger directly at the photographer.
The incident occurred at about 2:00 pm Sunday, when the French leader and his family were taking a boat trip on Lake Winnipesauke, according to Vincent DeWitt, who works for Sipa photo agency.
DeWitt and an Associated Press photographer took off around 1 pm (1700 GMT) on a boat to get close to the swank vacation home Sarkozy was visiting.
"We could see some activity on the dock," said DeWitt. "The president, his wife and children went on a boat."
That is when he saw Sarkozy pointing at them. "I could see that he was angry," DeWitt said. "He had the boat captain steer towards us.
"President Sarkozy (then) stepped onto our boat. He started talking very agitatedly in French."
"He was pointing at me," DeWitt said, adding that Sarkozy even grabbed his long-lens camera.
A woman with dark hair then said in English in a very calm voice: "The president asked that no pictures were taken."
Sarkozy calmed down, and again asked that no pictures be taken.
Sarkozy arrived Wolfeboro on Friday and is staying with his family in a lakeside mansion. It is Sarkozy's first summer break since becoming president in May.
Wolfeboro, a quiet town of some 6,000 people by Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire, is said to be the country's oldest summer resort.
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法國總統尼古拉斯?薩科奇在鏡頭面前很少害羞，可上周日，當這位在美國度假的總統先生穿著泳褲劃船被兩名攝影記者追蹤時，他可實在是受夠了。
據其中一名攝影記者透露，當薩科奇看到他和他的家人被偷拍時，生氣地指著他們，還跳上了他們的游船。
當地《Union Leader》報周一的頭版頭條就是《見鬼！法國總統在溫尼珀索基湖發飚了》，文中還配有一張薩科奇生氣地用食指指著那位攝影記者的照片。
據在Sipa圖片社工作的文森特?德維特介紹，這一事件發生于當地時間上周日下午兩點，當時薩科奇正和他的家人在溫尼珀索基湖上劃船。
德維特和美聯社的一位攝影記者于當日下午1點乘船靠近薩科奇到訪的度假別墅。
德維特說：“我們可以看到碼頭上的一些情況。當時總統先生與他的夫人和孩子上了一艘游船。”
就在這時，他看見薩科奇用手指著他們。德維特說：“我能看出來，總統先生生氣了。他讓船長向我們這邊駛來。”
“薩科奇總統跳上了我們的船。他非常激動，說了一堆法語。”
德維特說：“他用手指著我。”據他介紹，當時薩科奇甚至抓住了他的長鏡頭相機。
之后，一位黑頭發的女士十分平靜地用英語說：“總統先生讓你們別拍照。”
薩科奇終于平靜下來，又說了一遍不讓拍照。
薩科奇于上周五抵達沃爾夫伯勒，并與家人在一個湖邊別墅下榻。這是薩科奇于今年五月當選法國總統后首次夏季度假。
沃爾夫伯勒是美國新罕布什爾州溫尼珀索基湖邊一個安靜的小鎮，共有約6000個居民。據說，它是美國最古老的夏日度假勝地。
（英語點津姍姍編輯） |
