France - Jacques Chirac
Jacques ChiracPresident
(pronounced "ZHOCK sheer-ROCK")
"I would like all fellow citizens, more at ease about their future, to feel they are part of a...
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Jacques Chirac (born 1932) was an influential French technocrat under Presidents Charles de Gaulle and Georges Pompidou. He served as prime minister under President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (19...
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Paris (dpa) - French president-elect Nicolas Sarkozy Thursday
announced his intention of forming a government quickly and getting
to grips with foreign policy when he takes ...
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A leading Democratic lawmaker lashed out at the former leaders of Germany and France, calling former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder a `political prostitute.'Germany denounced the remarks by Re...
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Nicolas Sarkozy resigned Monday as French interior minister to focus on his presidential bid, recalling his successes but also challenges, including violence by poor young minorities.Sarkozy, the t...
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The head of the property company that sold conservative presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy a luxury apartment a decade ago denied on Wednesday allegations that Sarkozy got a substantial price bre...
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Lawmakers from France's governing party booed Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin during a raucous meeting Tuesday _ two days after he publicly rebuffed leading presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkoz...
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How to tap and protect Africa's natural resources, the continent's role in the world and the information age's impact on African society are pressing themes as a summit of African leaders opens Thu...
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President Jacques Chirac honored nearly 2,800 French people who rescued Jews from the Nazis, in a ceremony at the Pantheon in central Paris on Thursday.Chirac paid tribute to members of a group, kn...
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A prominent French political figure who ordered hundreds of Jews to Nazi death camps during World War II will be buried wearing his Legion of Honor medal, his lawyer said Sunday, even though the de...
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New Delhi (dpa) - The French government has announced that it is
conferring its highest civilian honour, the Legion d'Honneur on
Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan, media rep...
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France - Jacques Chirac
Jacques Chirac
Sarkozy keen to form a government quickly and to visit Berlin
