Summer Power Trips

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni hit the beach at le Cap Negre in Saint-Tropez, France.

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Singer Sting relaxed in the French Riviera aboard a yacht named "Utopia"--and in the company of some famous friends. He took to the skies for some paragliding too.

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Madonna, her boy toy Jesus Luz, and her kids, Lourdes Leon, David Banda, and newly adopted Mercy James, paid a visit to the home of Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce, in Portofino, Italy.

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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair traveled to Bali with wife Cherie, their children, Cherie's mother, and a couple of family friends in August. The party (minus Blair's security team) was pictured at the Elephant Safari Park near the village of Ubud, where they took a 35-minute family trek through the jungle.

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Former supermodel Cindy Crawford and her husband of 11 years, Rande Gerber, got affectionate on the French Riviera this summer.

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Jack Nicholson did a belly flop into the waters off the coast of Nice, leaving behind a boat full of women.

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Jordan's King Abdullah II and his wife Queen Rania rode a Harley Davidson on holiday, near Beaulieu and Monaco, in the south of France.

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Naomi Campbell and her boyfriend Vladislav Doronin also lounged about in Saint-Tropez, France.

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Jacques Chirac and his wife Bernadette Chirac enjoy their summer in--the one, the only--Saint-Tropez, France.

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Sienna Miller took some time off in Ibiza with her new boyfriend.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rode a horse during his vacation outside the town of Kyzyl in Southern Siberia.

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Leonardo Di Caprio pictured jet skiing in Saint-Tropez, France.

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Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and his wife Melinda vacation in Rome with their children, daughters Jennifer Katharine (b. 1996) and Phoebe Adele (b. 2002), and son Rory John (b. 1999).

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Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony headed to Saint-Tropez with their children this summer.

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Summer Power Trips

Carla Bruni hit the beach, Sting went paragliding, Naomi Campbell strolled in St. Tropez and Jack Nicholson did a belly flop. VIEW OUR GALLERY of how stars spent their vacations.