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Madame Sarkozy
In a sign of her influence over her husband's decision-making, the Italian-born First Lady - along with her sister - convinced the French president to drop a court order to deport exiled Red Brigades terrorist Marina Petrella to Rome Her personal intervention and the presidential u-turn sparked anger in Italy, which has been seeking Mrs Petrella's extradition from France since she fled after being freed on bail in 1986 A group representing victims of the Red Brigades said it would travel to Paris this weekend and protest against the decision in front of the Elysée palace Mrs Petrella was found guilty in absentia by an Italian court in 1992 of murder, kidnapping, attempted kidnapping and armed robbery A French court approved her extradition in December and an order to send her back to Italy had been signed by the prime minister. But after "pugnacious" lobbying by Mr Sarkozy's wife on behalf of her older sister, actress Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, the president changed his mind - citing humanitarian grounds Mrs Petrella was in danger of dying. This hunger and thirst strike had to stop, which it did. There is a humanitarian clause, I used that clause," Mr Sarkozy said during a financial press conference I told him (Mr Sarkozy) about her, especially just after I saw her in jail I gave him some information that was perhaps a little bit important in his decision," said Miss Bruni-Tedeschi He focused his attention on a case that he hadn't completely focused on before," she said. Her sister Carla said she was "happy" about the decision The pair personally delivered the message to Mrs Petrella on Sunday at her secure prison hospital bed, where she is refusing to eat and is in "very poor" health I have a message for you from my husband," the First Lady reportedly told her. "You will not be going back to Italy The Communist Red Brigade was accused of dozens of murders in the 1970s and 80s, including that of Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro in 1978 Mr Moro's widow, Olga, expressed outrage: "All judicial accords and conventions have been violated" by a decision "no doubt taken because the Sarkozy household was scared of unpopularity," she said Mrs Petrella had been living at liberty in France until she was arrested in August 2007 at Italy's request soon after Mr Sarkozy's election. He had promised to end France's policy of granting repentant ex-Red Brigades members asylum first initiated by Socialist president François Mitterrand in 1985 Mr Sarkozy denied that his decision would anger his Italian counterparts. "I remained in contact with them. I don't think there was a lack of understanding. There is never a lack of understanding when one takes a humanitarian decision," he said But Isabella Bertolini, a member of Mr Berlusconi's People of Freedom party disagreed: "To apply a humanitarian clause to a terrorist convicted of homicide, theft and kidnapping sounds like a bad joke," she told newspaper La Republicca The First Lady's sister told Italian daily Corriere della Sera that Mrs Petrella's story had particular significance for the wealthy Bruni family, which had fled to France after receiving death threats from the Red Brigades I arrived in France as a little girl exactly because my family was afraid of what was happening in Italy, also because of terrorism," Miss Bruni Tedeschi said We all had a sentiment of fear, even I who was so little, and I know what it means to be welcomed by a foreign country, feel protected by it, and I can imagine what it means to suddenly lose that welcoming, lose that protection This is a rare foray into politics for Mr Sarkozy's third wife, who unlike her husband has always espoused left-wing causes However, it is not the first time the President has involved a spouse in politics: last year he sent his second wife Cécilia on a successful mission to free Bulgarian nurses from jail in Libya. The pair divorced last October and a month later he met Carla Bruni, a top model and successful folk pop singer The National Weather Service warned late Monday that brisk Santa Ana winds would continue to whip a pair of wildfires raging in northern Los Angeles The two fires had consumed more than 10,000 acres and destroyed several homes in the San Fernando Valley and were blamed for two deaths as of late Monday afternoon California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency Monday afternoon in Los Angeles and Ventura County where dry winds out of the northeast were expected to continue after sunset A red-flag warning remained in effect for the counties. Winds were expected to slack off sometime Tuesday; however the warning was in effect until late Wednesday Los Angeles County Fire Chief Mike Freeman told reporters that forecasters were warning of wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour Monday night Around 800 firefighters continued to battle the 5,000-acre Madame Butterfly Gianina D`angelo (less info)