I came across this article in the German tabloid Bild – yes, I do read some downmarket newspapers, but I was looking for German comment on the Libyan allegations about Sarkozy. This pigeon-fancier won a competition in Leipzig in December by sticking extra feathers on his bird with the adhesive Uhu. Poor bird! Anyway his crime has just been discovered, but apparently such subterfuges are not unknown in the world of pet shows.
Perhaps Sarkozy could argue that he just borrowed some extra feathers from Gaddafi for the presidential election and will take them off and return them shortly.
Boadicea's Chariot 
Sheona, the story about Sarko has the merit of plausibility. Is there any gift he’d refuse, if it promoted his cause?
Yes, Janus, just when we all thought Sarko had got himself out of the “cash from Bettencourt” allegations, along comes another one that may have documentary proof.