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France's main party of the Right, controlled for 28 years by President Jacques Chirac, passed into the hands of a new generation yesterday at a ceremony that bore more than a passing resemblance to a glitzy ...
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Jacques Chirac, admired and scorned during 12 years as France's president, announced Sunday he will not seek a third term in elections this spring _ a widely expected move given his low popularity, his age and ...Comment
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Ottawa is tossing out the 1998 deal and will enter talks that may aid all victims. OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Paul Martin tossed out one of the most contested policies of the Jean Chretien era with the announcement
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigned Wednesday after his government lost a parliamentary vote on its foreign policy.Comment
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PARIS, Dec. 17 -- France on Sunday announced the withdrawal of its 200-member contingent of elite special forces from Afghanistan -- all of its ground forces directly engaged in anti-terrorism operations in the country.
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PARIS - French President Jacques Chirac announced on Sunday he would not seek a third term in office, confirming widespread expectations that he would end a 45 year career in politics after elections in ...Comment
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French President Jacques Chirac is expected to announce his retirement from frontline politics on Sunday after a 45-year career that was strong on symbolic gestures but short on concrete reforms.Comment
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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin has cancelled a trip to the south of France to hold an urgent meeting with three top ministers on the fate of two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Cecilia are separating, the president's office said in a terse statement on Thursday, ending rampant speculation about the state of their 11-year old marriage.
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Italy's prime minister resigned Wednesday after his center-left government Wednesday lost a key foreign policy vote.Comment
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French President Jacques Chirac announced on Sunday he would not seek re-election next month, bowing out of frontline politics after a 45-year career that consisted of symbolic gestures as much as concrete policies.
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Via Reuters: France's Chirac bows out of frontline politics French President Jacques Chirac announced on Sunday he would not seek re-election next month, bowing out of frontline politics after a 45-year career ...Comment
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Jacques Chirac, admired and scorned during 12 years as France's president, announced Sunday he will not seek a third term in elections this spring &#151; a widely expected move given his low popularity, his age and a conservative rival who has siphoned off his political base.
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French President Jacques Chirac announced in a televised address Sunday night that he would not seek a third presidential term.Comment
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The outgoing French finance minister has been confirmed as the new head of President Jacques Chirac&#39;s governing party. Nicolas Sarkozy, one of France&#39;s most popular politicians
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French President Jacques Chirac is  expected to confirm on Sunday he will not seek reelection,  bringing the curtain down on more than 40 years of frontline  politics.
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Comment on the German mainstream parties' latest electoral setback in two eastern states provides one of the main topics in today's European dailies. In France, President Jacques Chirac and three new-found allies earn brownie points.