France's President Chirac to announce retirement
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French President Jacques Chirac was expected to announce Sunday that he will not stand as a candidate in next month's elections, confirming that he plans to retire in May after more than 40 years in politics.
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French President Jacques Chirac's announcement that he will leave frontline politics brought no end to the controversy over his record and legacy on Monday.Comment
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The French foreign minister was expected Sunday to begin negotiations for the release of two journalists taken hostage in Iraq. President Jacques Chirac confirmed Sunday he
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Story published at magicvalley.com on Monday, March 12, 2007 Last modified on Sunday, March 11, 2007 9:43 PM MDT French President Jacques Chirac gestures while speaking during a final media conference at an EU ...Comment
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For Jacques Chirac, the legal clock is ticking: At midnight Saturday, the former French leader officially loses his presidential immunity, and could face investigators' questions &#151; or worse.
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Brazil's three-times French Open champion and former world number one Gustavo Kuerten said on Tuesday he would retire this year.
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Jacques Chirac has officiated at the traditional July 14 military procession in central Paris, on what is almost certainly his last Bastille Day as president.
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Pending job cuts at Airbus are expected to top the agenda at a meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Jacques Chirac in Germany on Friday.Comment
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Outgoing French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy is due to be made head of President Jacques Chirac's governing UMP party on Sunday.
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Former France goalkeeper Fabien Barthez says he is to retire with immediate effect.
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French President Jacques Chirac will make  a television declaration at 1900 GMT on Sunday, his office said  on Thursday, when he is expected to say he will not stand for  re-election.
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French President Jacques Chirac will make a television declaration at 1900 GMT on Sunday, his office said on Thursday, when he is expected to say he will not stand for re-election.
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French centre-right candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, the frontrunner to succeed Jacques Chirac as president, has distanced himself from the Chirac era.Comment
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Jacques Chirac, admired and scorned during 12 years as president of France, announced his retirement from politics yesterday.Comment
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President Lahoud is set to name a new prime minister following Rafiq Hariri's shock departure on Wednesday.
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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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The president and chief executive of French auto group PSA Peugeot Citroen, Jean-Martin Folz, intends to retire in the first quarter of next year, the company has said.