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So when the president hosted a “news conference” in the Rose Garden with the president of Mexico on Wednesday, Mr. Reid thought maybe this time Mr. Obama would take questions. Instead, Mr. Obama allowed only a single question from the American news media, calling on a reporter from Univision, making it unlikely that he would be asked about Tuesday’s anti-incumbent election results. Sure enough, Mr. Obama was asked about the Arizona law aimed at stopping illegal immigrants, a law he had already denounced in his opening remarks and was happy to denounce again in response to the question. He did...

She is one of the most famous faces in the world, renowned for her Gallic charm, elegant style and classical beauty. But it seems that the First Lady of France is never happier than when she is strolling through the streets of Paris – incognito, that is. In fact, Carla Bruni even admits donning a special disguise and affecting a ‘funny voice’ to avoid being spotted, much like Marie Antoinette was said to have done during the French Revolution. Ms Bruni, 41, said her life as the third wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy sometimes made ‘normal’ behaviour quite impossible, leading...