French prez Chirac to call it quits
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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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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.
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Sudanese President Omar Al-Beshir. An Africa-France summit seen as President Jacques Chirac's goodbye to Africa is drawing to a close after a shaky agreement was signed to prevent violence in Darfur from ...Comment
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France&#39;s president left a Brussels meeting early in what has been widely seen as a refusal to meet Iraq&#39;s prime minister. Jacques Chirac left a European Union summit Thursday
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France's president vows to cut thousands of civil service jobs, as unions threaten strikes over pension reform.
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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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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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Nicolas Sarkozy resigned as finance minister Monday, a day after accepting the leadership of France's conservative party and effectively becoming a rival to his old boss, President Jacques Chirac.
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French President Jacques Chirac is expected to confirm on Sunday he will not seek reelection, bringing the curtain down on more than 40 years of frontline politics.
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French President Jacques Chirac strode energetically into his last formal European summit on Thursday championing the role of nuclear power in the fight against climate change.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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French President Nicolas Sarkozy is to separate from his wife Cecilia, the presidency says.
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Jacques Chirac is set to announce that he will not seek a third term as President of France.Comment
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PARIS - French President Jacques Chirac announced on Sunday he would not seek re-election next month, bowing out of frontline politics after a 45-year career that ...Comment
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French President Jacques Chirac is  expected to confirm on Sunday he will not seek reelection,  bringing the curtain down on more than 40 years of frontline  politics.
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'There is without doubt a life after politics. Right up until death,' said Jacques Chirac.Comment
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President Jacques Chirac of France, in remarks to be televised on Sunday and confirmed by his office today, gave his first hint that he may not run for a third term in the French elections in April.Comment