Obama's Kenyan father and white mother from Texas were married in Honolulu and Barack was born there, but after their marriage fell apart, he went to live with his mother and stepfather in Indonesia.

Roquefort nevertheless survived that blow, albeit as a luxury product in the US rather than winning a wider market.

Paris has also stationed six Mirage 2000 fighter jets outside the southern city of Kandahar to support US and NATO-led troops on the ground.