Chirac Throws Weight Behind Paris Bid
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PARIS, Sept 28  - Jacques Chirac has confirmed his &quot;total determination&quot; to help Paris win the race to stage the 2012 Summer Olympics ahead of London, New York, Madrid and Moscow.
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BEIJING -- French President Jacques Chirac hailed business deals worth 4 billion euros Sunday as a sign that a state visit to China intended to improve economic ties had been a success.
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French President Jacques Chirac, who has urged an end to an EU arms embargo on China, called for closer defense cooperation between Paris and Beijing at a meeting with Chinese Defence Minister Cao Gangchuan, a spokesman said.
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PARIS  - French companies were counting some four billion euros (&#36;5 billion US) in spoils after President Jacques Chirac used an official visit to China to boost economic ties in a bid to prevent France from being left behind in the emerging Asian superpower's markets.
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French President Jacques Chirac backtracked on Thursday after saying it would not be dangerous for Iran to have a nuclear bomb, a sharp departure from France's position and the stance of close allies.
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OXFORD, England, Nov 19  - French President Jacques Chirac, continuing his official visit to Britain, hailed Friday &quot;a very strong historical link&quot; between London and Paris, while arguing his case for a &quot;multipolar and interdependent world&quot;.
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French President Jacques Chirac  declared Saturday that France was a natural trade partner to  China and, amid a flurry of air, rail and energy deals, played  down any threat from one the world's fastest growing economies.
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President Jacques Chirac has arrived in Hong Kong on the first official visit here by a French leader, rounding off an Asian tour that has won billions in trade contracts and avoided confrontation with China over thorny political issues.
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French President Jacques Chirac may have presided over the European Union's longest summit, but that did not prevent him from giving Germany's Angela Merkel some advice on Friday on how to keep meetings short.
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PARIS: Jacques Chirac has confirmed his âtotal determinationâ to help Paris win the race to stage the 2012 Summer Olympics ahead of London, New York, Madrid and Moscow.
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LONDON - France&#39;s President Jacques Chirac was in London on Thursday for discussions with British Prime Minister Tony Blair focusing on transatlantic relations and the Middle East peace process.
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President Jacques Chirac's statement that Turkey deserved EU membership -- but only if it met a series of conditions -- given on the eve of a key Brussels summit on the issue Thursday was seen in France as an ...
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France is willing to further promote friendly ties with China and with the Chinese people, said French President Jacques Chirac in Beijing Sunday evening.
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PARIS - French President Jacques Chirac has lashed out at a private initiative to secure the release of two French hostages in Iraq as âinterferenceâ and said he hoped it would not thwart the delicate process, aides said Saturday.
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French soccer star Zinedine Zidane has thrown his support behind Paris&#39; campaign to host the 2012 Summer Olympics, the Paris bid committee said Friday.
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French President Jacques Chirac said his country is willing to further strengthen cooperation with China, his spokesman told reporters on Monday.
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The French president is persuaded not to try to dilute EU competition law through the new EU treaty, the BBC learns.