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FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL LAUDS N.Y.

NEW YORK September 9, 2006 (WaPo/AP) - French Interior Minister and presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy paid tribute Saturday to New York City's police and residents for their bravery on Sept. 11, 2001, two days ahead of the anniversary of the attacks.

"Today I want to speak with my heart because that is the only way to speak when it's September in New York," he added, speaking French. When New York was attacked, he said "it was if we were all attacked. ... I want you to know that in this fight, the French are your friends, and the French are at your side.*"

In an interview with the newspaper Le Monde before his trip, Sarkozy said the anti-American Frenchman was an outdated stereotype promoted "by a small French elite that is disconnected from reality."

Hhmmm, yes. That would be M. AB/AY.

Sarko awarded NYC Police Commissioner Ray Kelly France's Legion of Honor. The Commissioner is rumored to have reciprocated with ticketless parking over the weekend.

* See Note 3.

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