December 27, 2007	Thursday	Zilhaj 16, 1428

LUXOR (Egypt): French President Nicolas Sarkozy took a stroll through the Egypt’s spectacular Valley of the Kings on Wednesday, hand in hand with his new girlfriend, singer and ex-supermodel Carla Bruni.

The couple giggled and whispered together like a pair of teenage sweethearts as they toured the tombs of the pharaohs near the city of Luxor surrounded by paparazzi having arrived in a 15-car convoy.

Italian-born Bruni, 39, was dressed in black trousers and top and wore one of Sarkozy’s white shirts bearing his initials on the breast pocket, while he opted for a pair of jeans and green patterned shirt.

Sarkozy flew into Egypt on Tuesday where he will relax for a few days ahead of an official visit on Dec 30.

French archaeologist Christian Leblanc guided the party around two of the tombs in the Valley of the Kings, where many of Egypt’s most powerful pharaohs are buried.—AFP