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Hello on this Wednesday, the 16th day of May, 2007. I'm Kristin Volk with a UPI top news headline. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s eldest child has died at the age of 51. Yolanda King passed away yesterday in Santa Monica, California. She was known for following her father's goal of racial harmony as an actress and motivational speaker. The family doesn't know the cause of death but relatives believe it may have been a heart problem. King's mother, Coretta Scott, died last year of complications from ovarian cancer following a stroke and mild heart attack. Nicolas Sarkozy is now officially the president of France. The center-right leader was sworn in in Paris earlier today at a ceremony. He replaces former president Jacques Chirac. Sarkozy and Chirac met privately Tuesday, and among the information exchanged were France's nuclear launch codes. The new president has departed for Berlin to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. There, he's expected to demonstrate his desire to shore up European unity. U.S. President Bush has named a new war czar. U.S. Army Lt. General Douglas Lute was picked to coordinate U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pending Senate confirmation, Lute will oversee operations by the military and State Department. Sources reportedly say that he expressed concern about the effectiveness of the troop surge in Iraq announced in January. Reports say at least five retired four-star generals refused to be considered for the war czar job. Televangelist Jerry Falwell has died. The 73-year-old founded the Moral Majority, a movement that turned American religious conservatives into a political force. Falwell was found unconscious without a pulse yesterday in his office at Liberty University, the college he founded in Lynchburg, VA. Doctors pronounced him dead of heart failure Tuesday afternoon. The controversial figure had a history of heart trouble. For more on these stories and all of the day's news, go to upi.com. Thanks for watching.