France's Chirac bows out, and the race is on
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PARIS  -  Setting the stage for a suspenseful presidential race, French President Jacques Chirac announced Sunday that he would not run for a third term after 12 years in office and 40 years in politics.Comment
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French-American relations are set to shift as France chooses a successor to President Jacques Chirac, who has defined himself on the world stage as an opponent of American dominance.
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French President Jacques Chirac is expected to confirm that he will not stand for re-election when he appears on television on Sunday, marking the end of a political career spanning more than four decades.
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Nicolas Sarkozy has resigned as France&#39;s finance and economy minister to concentrate on his new job leading the ruling UMP party of President Jacques Chirac.
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Jacques Chirac's potential successors _ including the head of his own party, Nicolas Sarkozy _ are racing to distance themselves from the French president's legacy that critics say is marred by economic ...Comment
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Jacques Chirac delivers speech at the Elysee Palace in Paris, 4 Jan 2007 French President Jacques Chirac has signaled he will probably not seek an unprecedented third term in this year's presidential elections.Comment
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Former world champion Jacques Villeneuve leaves BMW Sauber with immediate effect.
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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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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy is due to be made head of President Chirac's governing party.
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French President Jacques Chirac: on his way out figures among the top &#x2019;euro-saures&#x2019; who, in accordance with the laws of evolution, must give way to a new kind of leader.Comment
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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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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.
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Nicolas Sarkozy, a flamboyant rival to President Chirac, is crowned as head of France's governing party.
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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy is resigning when he meets today with Prime Minister Jean- Pierre Raffarin, freeing him to use his new position as head of the ruling party to prepare for the 2007 presidential elections.
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Romanian President Ion Iliescu steps down after elections today in what some hail as the final exit of Europe&#39;s last reigning communist-era leader from the political scene.
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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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There will be a shift of power on the French right this weekend which could mark the beginning of the end of the Chirac era in French politics.