The key to a long life: lots of cake

Edna Parker , 114, smiles as her great great grandson, Jackson Parker, cuts a cake while he is held by Don Parker in Shelbyville, Ind. Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007. The world's oldest person — 114-year-old Edna Parker — celebrated her feat of longevity Thursday by dining on a slice of her favorite type of cake after telling reporters that she can't believe she's lived to be so old. Parker, who was born in 1893, became the world's oldest person Monday when a Japanese woman four months older than her died. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Well done, Ellen

Ellen DeGeneres, left, and girlfriend Portia de Rossi attend the funeral for entertainment mogul Merv Griffin at the Church of Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills, Calif., Friday Aug. 17, 2007. Griffin, 82, died Sunday of prostate cancer. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, Pool) REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

Mission accomplished, Sarko

French President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks to journalists during his morning jog in Wolfeboro, New Hamphire, where he is vacationing. Sarkozy said Thursday at the end of his US vacation that France is popular again in the United States and hailed the countries' "terrific" relationship.(AFP/Nicholas Kamm)

Angie the explorer

German chancellor Angela Merkel collects blue berries as she visits the diminishing Sermeq Kujalleq glacier near Ilulissat on Greenland's west coast Friday, Aug 17, 2007. Merkel said China and the United States must be part of a new deal replacing the Kyoto Protocol limiting greenhouse gases. Merkel and German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel arrived Thursday in Ilulissat, where the nearby Sermeq Kujalleq glacier, a U.N. heritage site, has thinned in recent years in what scientists say is one of the most glaring signs of global warming. (AP Photo/Michael Kappeler, pool)

Seek revenge, Angie

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is silhouetted as she makes a statement at the Chancellery in Berlin, on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007 about the diplomatic convoy hit by a remote-controlled roadside bomb in Afghanistan. Three senior German police officers charged with protecting the German ambassador were killed and one was wounded in a roadside bomb near the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, German and Afghan officials said. A white four-wheel-drive vehicle was totally destroyed by the blast on a dirt track leading to a NATO and Afghan army training base. (AP Photo/Hannibal Hanschke, Pool)

Angie represents

German Chancellor Angela Merkel starts a promotional tour for the new party basic programme in Berlin August 15, 2007. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke (GERMANY)

Sarko goes after the twins

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (C, back to camera), greets Jenna Bush (L) and Barbara Bush (R), the daughters of U.S. President U.S. President George W. Bush, upon Sarkozy's arrival for a social visit to the Bush family residence in Kennebunkport, Maine, August 11, 2007. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES)

Hey France, can we switch?

President Bush, left, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, smile during a boat ride Saturday, Aug. 11, 2007, off Kennebunkport, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Nice headphones, Sarko

French President Nicolas Sarkozy jogs along Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. US newspapers on Sunday avoided editorial comment on a meeting between Presidents George W. Bush of the United States and Sarkozy, limiting themselves to publishing correspondent reports from Kennebunkport, Maine.(AFP/Nicholas Kamm)

Tossing salad to beat terrorists

An Israeli resident of kibbutz Nir Am fires eggs and vegetables towards the neighbouring Gaza Strip, 02 August 2007. The real army put a quick stop to the "mixed salad" barrage. Those behind the ad hoc artillery bombardment were protesting the Israeli's government's failure to stop the rocket attacks from Gaza.(AFP/Edi Israel)

Indecent Sarko

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) jogs on a path in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, on 04 August 2007. Sarkozy, rarely shy in front of cameras, found enough was enough when chased down by two news photographers while boating in his bathing suit on his American holiday.(AFP/File/Don Emmert)

Leave Sarko Alone!

AP Photo/Jim Cole

By BEVERLEY WANG, Associated Press WriterMon Aug 6, 12:43 AM ET

French President Nicolas Sarkozy lost his temper with two American news photographers covering his vacation Sunday, jumping onto their boat and scolding them loudly in French.

The confrontation came Sunday afternoon as Sarkozy and companions were headed for open water in a boat on Lake Winnipesaukee when he spotted Associated Press photographer Jim Cole and freelancer Vince DeWitt aboard Cole's boat, which was outside a buoy barrier monitored by the New Hampshire Marine Patrol.

"He was happy and smiling and he waved at the security people as he was coming out," Cole said of the president. "And then he noticed us taking pictures and his happy demeanor diminished immediately."

The men said they watched through their lenses as Sarkozy pointed toward them and his boat began moving in their direction. Coming alongside Cole's boat, Sarkozy, clad only in swim trunks, jumped aboard and began shouting at them.

"The president was very agitated, speaking French at a loud volume very rapidly," DeWitt said.

Both men said they repeatedly stated they did not speak French. Cole said that he asked whether any of the other passengers on Sarkozy's boat spoke English, but that no one answered or intervened.

Sarkozy picked up DeWitt's camera but then put it down. A woman then spoke up in English and relayed Sarkozy's request to be left alone, DeWitt said. The woman did not identify herself.

Heil and heil back

French President Nicolas Sarkozy waves to a crowd that gathered during his news conference in the lakeside town Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, August 5, 2007. The Sarkozy family is vacationing in Wolfeboro. REUTERS / Neal Hamberg (UNITED STATES)

Sarko in a row over US vacation

French President Nicolas Sarkozy paddles a canoe on Lake Winnipesaukee while on vacation in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire August 4, 2007. New Hampshire residents and visitors, accustomed to a steady stream of U.S. presidential hopefuls, said on Saturday they hoped Sarkozy's visit signaled strengthening relations between Washington and Paris. On his first vacation since taking office in May, Sarkozy is staying at an estate at the end of tree-lined road along the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee, in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. REUTERS/Neal Hamberg (UNITED STATES)

Sarko Jogs the US

French President Nicolas Sarkozy jogs along a bike path while on vacation in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire August 5, 2007. REUTERS / Neal Hamberg (UNITED STATES)