Chirac set to step down
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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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Tony Blair is expected to outline his plans for leaving as he faces a number of resignations from the government.
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President Jacques Chirac says he will order French troops out of Ivory Coast if African leaders ask him to do so.
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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 &#151; a widely expected move given his low popularity, his age and a conservative rival who has siphoned off his political base.
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French President Jacques Chirac is expected to announce his retirement Sunday, telling the nation he will not contest elections in April as a new poll showed strong gains for a centrist outsider.
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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 is to go to Libya on Wednesday, for the first such visit since 1951.
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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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The outgoing French finance minister has been confirmed as the new head of President Jacques Chirac&#39;s governing party. Nicolas Sarkozy, one of France&#39;s most popular politicians
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PARIS - French President Jacques Chirac announced on Sunday he would not seek a third term in office, confirming widespread expectations that he would end a 45 year career in politics after elections in ...Comment
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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 has taken one step closer to a bid for the presidency, taking the helm of President Jacques Chirac&#39;s party.
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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'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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PARIS - 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.He leaves behind a ...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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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