Immunity for Chirac could halt inquiries
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SUPPORTERS of President Chirac will try to change the French Constitution this week to protect him from prosecution for political corruption as soon as he leaves office.
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French President Jacques Chirac will bring up human rights issues during a forthcoming trip to Beijing, aides said Saturday, but will do so "discreetly." They said that when he meets Chinese leaders next week, ...
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France&#39;s Jacques Chirac on Friday refused  to answer questions from judges about an apparent plot to smear  Nicolas Sarkozy, the man who succeeded him as president in May,  citing a constitutional bar.
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Former French president Jacques Chirac has refused to testify in the so-called Clearstream political dirty tricks scandal involving current President Nicolas Sarkozy, citing constitutional reasons, his office said late Friday.
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French Health Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said that there was no reason to suspect poisoning in the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in a Paris hospital last week, in response to a question during a French radio interview.
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French President Jacques Chirac is widely expected to rule out a third term in office in a televised address.
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PARIS : French President Jacques Chirac slammed a private initiative to secure the release of two French hostages in Iraq as &quot;interference&quot;, while the freelance effort appeared to have flopped.
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French President Jacques Chirac announced in a televised address last night that he would not seek a third presidential term.Comment
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Chile&#39;s Supreme Court on Thursday revoked immunity from prosecution of former dictator Augusto Pinochet, who faces charges over the deaths of political opponents during his 1973-1990 rule.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The sponsorship inquiry faced an uncertain fate Monday as defenders of its embattled commissioner warned it would be a costly mess if he resigned.
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The Palestinian Authority&#39;s representative in France says a diagnosis of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat&#39;s illness will not be available until he undergoes a series of tests that could take several days.
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President Jacques Chirac was under pressure yesterday to bring forward France's referendum on the European constitution because of fears that the debate will be "polluted" by rising hostility towards Turkey's ...
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Jacques Chirac&#39;s presidential immunity  expires at midnight on Saturday, opening the way for judges to  question him over a string of investigations into alleged  corruption and other scandals in France.
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Chile's Supreme Court stripped former dictator Augusto Pinochet of immunity from prosecution on Thursday in one notorious human rights case, raising hopes of victims that he may finally face trial for abuses during his 17-year regime.
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SANTIAGO, Chile Aug. 26, 2004 - Chile&#39;s Supreme Court stripped Gen. Augusto Pinochet of immunity from prosecution Thursday, paving the way for possible trial of the former dictator on charges of human rights abuses.
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Jacques Chirac, the former French president, was today being questioned by a judge over a party financing scandal dating back to when he was the mayor of Paris.
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The relations of French officialdom have been uneasy of late. First there was the matter of the headscarf, which has been followed by a row over whether or not to ban broadcasts by the Al-Manar (The Beacon