, his chef explained, as it was too much for him.His cheese aversion even threatened to spark a diplomatic incident last October, when he offended Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor Justin Bieber Shoes, by telling another EU leader that over dinner she says she is on a diet and then helps herself to a second helping of cheese.The health-conscious leader opts instead for light, balanced meals and poultry to red meat, his chef said, in a clear break with his predecessors who were not afraid of heartier fare, even at lunchtime.The French had already found it hard to swallow the fact that their leader drinks no wine, a source of great national pride. The latest revelation risks striking another symbolic blow to the leader's credentials as a flag-bearer of French gastronomy .On the advice of his former supermodel wife, Carla, 13 years his junior, the one-time chocoholic president has been on a draconian fitness and nutrition programme for most of his presidency Justin Bieber Supra Shoes, served a frugal diet of fish, vegetables, salads and sorbets. Cottage cheese, it is believed, still makes the grade.Some blamed the low-calorie diet on Mr Sarkozy collapsing in 2009 during one of his gruelling daily jogs.
A former London DIY store cashier who became governor of an oil-rich Nigerian state has been jailed for 13 years for fraud totalling nearly $77m.DIY770013James Ibori, former governor of Delta state, admitted 10 counts of conspiracy to defraud and money laundering.Southwark Crown Court was told the amount he stole from the people of Delta state was unquantified.Ibori, who evaded capture in Nigeria after a mob of supporters attacked police, was arrested in Dubai in 2010.He was extradited to the UK, where he was prosecuted based on evidence from the Metropolitan Police.One of the counts Ibori admitted related to a $37m (£23m) fraud pertaining to the sale of Delta State's share in Nigerian privatised phone company company V Mobile.He was governor of Delta State between May 1999 and May 2007.Sasha Wass, QC, prosecuting, told the court Ibori deliberately and Related articles:

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