This summer, he also cut the salaries of his troops, a move that was quickly followed by a carjacking and a spate of armed robberies and shootings in N'Djamena; one humanitarian worker's stolen handbag turned up on the M.N.J.T.F.
The words "designer handbag" conjure up a certain image: a moneyed Parisian sitting in a 6th arrondissement cafe with a Chanel 2.55, perhaps, or a celebrity striding through Los Angeles airport with a Hermès Birkin.
And when the ceremony ended and they wandered joyfully out of the building, campaign workers for Barack Obama and John McCain pounced on them and urged them to register to vote.Olga Willis, a lady from Russia with a fabulous gold handbag, signed up at the McCain booth.
A young woman with an over size handbag showed up one morning last summer at Charles L. Anderson's self-help legal office in Raleigh, N.C.
With a handbag, zipped up jacket, jeans and sunglasses, you've already got the 'Watch-out-I-am-a-celebrity' look.
But a rummage through pockets and handbags turns up credit cards, cash, keys, ID cards, books, newspapers and tickets — all potentially replaceable with something electronic.
"I hope those talks will lead to something," he said as boys wearing Ray-Ban sunglasses and girls carrying Louis Vuitton handbags lined up for his traditional sandwiches.
Fendi, a unit of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, sued Sam's Club last year in federal court in Manhattan, accusing it of selling fake Fendi handbags for up to $525.
Today her company has 57 shops worldwide, selling handbags costing up to £2,500 carried by celebrities such as Kate Moss and the Duchess of Cambridge.
Ferris wheels turned, conveyor belts with glittery handbags boxed up like Barbie dolls trundled past the front row and clutch bags lit up in the hands of white-gloved puppeteers.
