Pave: Bottom Stories Of Last Week, IV

Last week's most missable stories, now missable in a single missable post.

Bulgaria dominates this week's round-up of last week's sinkers.

LE PEN HELPS LAUNCH BULGARIAN
FAR-RIGHT ELECTION CAMPAIGN
SOFIA October 1, 2007 (AFP)

SARKOZY SET FOR HERO'S WELCOME ON BULGARIA TRIP
PARIS October 3, 2007 (AFP)

FRENCH FIRST LADY NOT TO JOIN HUSBAND'S BULGARIA TRIP
PARIS October 3, 2007 (AFP)

The last time France paid this much attention to eastern Europe was to tell it to shut up.

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The French press gets the goods on Sarko. ZZZzzzzz.z..z...z...

SARKOZY FINGERED FOR SPEEDING BY CAR MAGAZINE

PARIS October 2, 2007 (AFP) - The weekly Auto Plus said that in a four week period ending on September 26 Sarkozy's convoy breached the speed limit eight times, went through eight red lights, and twice went the wrong way down a one-way street.

"Is this an example, or is he a monarch above the law?" it asked.

The magazine also accused Sarkozy of causing unnecessary environmental damage, noting that "for the smallest journey" he takes the presidential Citroen C6 limousine, accompanied by four people-carriers and motorcycle outriders.

Why can't he walk wherever he has to go? Is he some kind of monarch? Some kind of French head of state?

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SARKOZY, CHIRAC MAKE JOINT MUSEUM VISIT
PARIS October 3, 2007 (AFP)

It is hard to imagine a more missable story.

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Amazing. A more missable story.

FORMER US PRESIDENT CLINTON URGES UNITED STATES
TO REACH OUT TO FRANCE'S SARKOZY
PARIS October 5, 2007 (IHT/AP)

Reach out to France? Hhmmm, why haven't we done that? [Pause.] Oh, yeah. That's why.

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Posted by Damian at October 8, 2007 11:45 AM