Chirac woos Finns by saying their PM is sexy
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French President Jacques Chirac, who has upset Finland in the past with scathing comments, went on a charm offensive on Sunday by describing the country's prime minister as sexy.
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Finland is about more than the holy trinity of sauna, Jean Sibelius and Kaurismaki: the country is also rich in science, art and popular music.
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BRUSSELS - Belgium has given the world Audrey Hepburn, Ren&#xE9; Magritte, the saxophone, and deep-fried potato slices that somehow are called French.
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French President Jacques Chirac gestures while speaking during a final media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, Friday March 9, 2007.Comment
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French President Jacques Chirac, cast aside his political differences with America to decorate the US filmmaker behind such cinematic greats as Jaws and ET.
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President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Jean Lemierre is to meet top Finnish government representatives and business chiefs during his two-day Finland visit, which began on Monday.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi got a thumbs-up in the country's press for his trendy new look -- sporting a white bandana on his head when he welcomed his British counterpart to Sardinia.
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Politics: 14 November 2004, Sunday. French President Jacques Chirac hailed the simultaneous entry of Bulgaria and laggard Romania, pinned for 2007.
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French weekly magazine Paris Match touches up a photograph of President Nicolas Sarkozy's "love handles".
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President Jacques Chirac promises the French they can vote on the EU constitution "before the summer".
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Can S&#201;gol&#200;ne Royal's feminine campaigning style get her elected to France's top job?
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French President Jacques Chirac says Turkey can join the EU as a member if it meets entry requirements.
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She's French. She's female. And she is causing quite a stir. Christine Lagarde, the first woman finance minister for a G-8 nation, was rated the best minister in President Nicolas Sarkozy's government last month by one of France's top-selling newspapers. Not bad for a political newcomer who only two years ago was unknown outside legal and business circles, and who is vocally pro-market in a capitalism-wary nation.
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Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen, dubbed  Finland's sexiest man, broke up by text message with the  girlfriend he had met on the Internet, she said in a magazine  interview.
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French President Jacques Chirac is welcomed by Romanian President Traian Basescu at the Cotroceni Palace, the Romanian Presidency headquarters, in Bucharest.Comment
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The government would like the number of immigrants in Finland to grow significantly.
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France is well positioned as the world's  sexiest state, according to a global survey of lovemaking  published on Tuesday.