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** FILE ** U.S. actress Gwyneth Paltrow holds her baby Apple upon her arrival at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2004, for a ceremony to award U.S. director Steven Spielberg the Knight of the Legion of Honor, given to him by French President Jacques Chirac. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, POOL)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy give a joint press conference after a French-German Cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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Afghan president Hamid Karzai, left, shakes hands with French President Nicolas Sarkozy following a news conference at the Elysee palace, in Paris, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Feferberg, Pool)

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy (left) smiles as he greets German Chancellor Angela Merkel prior to their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, speak to the media during a joint press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday , Dec. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy waves goodbye to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday as she leaves the Elysee Palace after their meeting in Paris. The two leaders discussed a cohesive plan to help save the euro through stricter oversight of government budgets. The warning by Standard & Poor's of a possible credit downgrade of European nations over the debt crisis came after U.S. financial markets closed Monday. (Associated Press)