Of all the leaders arriving at the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh today -- the third such meeting of finance and other government ministers to discuss the crisis and recovery since the crash of Lehman Brothers a year ago -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been among the most headline-stealing. He has called for strict compensation limits for the banking executives who precipitated the crisis and has said he will ask for sanctions on countries that do not comply. The famously energetic French leader has even threatened to walk out of the summit if his demands aren't met.
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