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Sarkozy taken to hospital after falling ill (2nd Lead)
Jul 26, 2009, 14:12 GMT
Picture dated 26 October 2004 shows French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy jogging with German Finance Minister Wolfgang Clement (unseen) near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany. French President Nicolas Sarkozy was taken to hospital on 26 July 2009 after falling ill while exercising, according to media reports. EPA/Peer Grimm
Paris - French President Nicolas Sarkozy was taken to hospital Sunday after falling ill while exercising, his office announced in a statement.
France Info radio reported that the incident occurred before noon at his residence near Versailles and that the 54-year-old Sarkozy was taken to Val-de-Grace military hospital in Paris where he was being examined by doctors.
No details about his condition or the nature of the illness were provided.
According to his office, Sarkozy was last examined in early July and the results had been normal.
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