October 19, 2011 5:34 PM

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy gives birth to a daughter, reports say

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, await the arrival of G8 member state leaders and their spouses for an evening dinner function at Le Ciro's Restaurant at the G8 Summit on May 26, 2011, in Deauville, France.

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(CBS/AP) PARIS - French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has reportedly given birth to a baby girl - the first child born to a sitting president in modern-day France.

French media outlets say that the former supermodel, 43, delivered a daughter at Paris' La Muette maternity clinic on Wednesday.

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President Nicolas Sarkozy, 56, was returning from a meeting in Frankfurt on the euro debt crisis when the child was born around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, according to a BFM report.

Europe 1 radio said the 43-year-old mother was doing well after the birth at the small, private clinic in western Paris.

The baby, whose name is not known, is the first child for the couple. Sarkozy has three sons from two previous marriages, while Bruni-Sarkozy has a 10-year-old son from a previous relationship.

Bruni-Sarkozy confirmed the pregnancy in July, calling the impending arrival an "unexpected and unhoped for happiness." Last month, she said that her pregnancy was "unimportant" to the French people and that she would not allow photographs of the child to be published in the press.


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by TheSarcast October 19, 2011 10:58 PM EDT
Who is the father? That's what the world really wants to know.
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by Goofer-Buddy October 20, 2011 8:45 AM EDT
No one knows for sure, except the mother, and sometimes she may not know....
by singlepayer4all October 19, 2011 7:28 PM EDT
Who Gives a Rats A$$
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by nolalou October 20, 2011 9:59 AM EDT
apparently not you.. but then again, you took the time to click the link and read the story!!
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