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A former French interior minister says former President Jacques Chirac and other senior figures were aware of secret arms trafficking to Angola in the 1990s.
France's investigating judges are a powerful lot: They can order phone taps and home searches, interrogate terrorists and bring down politicians. Now, one has even ordered former French President Jacques Chirac to stand trial.
Former French President Jacques Chirac released his memoir Tuesday, calling his successor Nicolas Sarkozy "nervous, in a hurry, ready for action" — comments notable for their restraint given the two men's tense relations.
Paris prosecutors said Wednesday they will not appeal a judge's decision to order former French President Jacques Chirac to stand trial in an alleged corruption case that predated his presidency.
The Paris prosecutor's office has asked a court to drop a case against former President Jacques Chirac and others accused in an alleged corruption scandal dating back to his 1977-1995 tenure as Paris mayor, a judicial official said Tuesday.
A French far-right activist has been released from prison seven years after attempting to assassinate then-President Jacques Chirac in a Bastille Day attack, a judicial official said Saturday.
Jacques Chirac's office says the former French president has left a Paris hospital after successfully having a heart pacemaker fitted.
Alleged wrongdoing in Jacques Chirac's past came back Wednesday to trouble his retirement, when a judge took the unprecedented step of filing preliminary embezzlement charges against the former two-term president of France.
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 stagnation and unfulfilled promises.
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 a conservative rival who has siphoned off his political base.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ended his European tour Saturday without persuading any country to end crippling economic sanctions based on his power-sharing deal with the rival Islamic militant Hamas.
French President Jacques Chirac inducted American actor-director Clint Eastwood into the Legion of Honor on Saturday, saying he represents "the best of Hollywood." The Oscar-winning director was named a knight in France's elite Legion of Honor.
The United States could face possible European carbon taxes on its exports if it does not sign global climate accords, French President Jacques Chirac was quoted as saying in an interview published Thursday.
French President Jacques Chirac gave a tough, cutting analysis Friday of the fallout from the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, saying it destabilized the entire Middle East and allowed terrorism to spread.
French President Jacques Chirac urged Turkey on Saturday to acknowledge the mass killings of Armenians in the early 20th century as genocide.
A leaked French intelligence document raises the possibility Osama bin Laden died of typhoid, but President Jacques Chirac said Saturday the report was "in no way whatsoever confirmed" and officials from Kabul to Washington expressed skepticism about its accuracy.
President Jacques Chirac proposed a compromise Monday to kickstart talks between Iran and the international community, suggesting the threat of U.N. sanctions be suspended in exchange for Tehran halting its uranium enrichment program.
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Israel is demanding that U.N. troops patrol the Syria-Lebanon border to prevent Hezbollah from receiving arms shipments. But even if Israel overcomes Syrian objections to the idea, policing the mostly mountainous frontier could prove nearly impossible.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday he believed he would be able to persuade European countries to supply enough troops for the 15,000 peacekeeping forces for southern Lebanon.
President Jacques Chirac will interrupt his vacation Wednesday for urgent talks with his prime minister, defense minister and foreign minister on the Israel-Hezbollah fighting and France's diplomatic efforts to end it, his office said.
French President Jacques Chirac said Monday he will not announce for at least six months whether he will run for re-election in spring 2007.
Nationwide protests of the French government's labor reforms sputtered Tuesday after President Jacques Chirac caved in to pressure and jettisoned his premier's youth employment law.
President Jacques Chirac caved in to protesters on Monday, canceling a law on youth employment that fueled nationwide unrest and raising questions about France's ability to reform rigid labor laws in a globalized world.
President Jacques Chirac on Monday scrapped a controversial part of a youth labor law that triggered massive protests and strikes, bowing to intense pressure from students and unions and dealing a blow to his loyal premier in a bid to end the crisis.
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Killing of 11 French in Pakistan linked to kickback scandalThe killing of 11 Frenchmen in Pakistan was linked to corrupt Pakistani officials anger over nonpayment of kickbacks, family of the victims said. It is an open secret Pakistani officials get at east 10 percent in foreign arms deals.
A new way to pressure IranAfter the much dubious Iranian presidential elections and the popular revolt that ensued, the European Union took the lead in supporting the people of Iran. Most vocal were France and the UK compared to the tepid U.S. reaction.
Bush Invaded Iraq Because He Was "On A Mission From God" To Defeat The Biblical Creatures "Gog" and "Magog" Before "The New Age Begins"In 2003 while lobbying leaders to put together the Coalition of the Willing, President Bush spoke to France's President Jacques Chirac. Bush wove a story about how the Biblical creatures Gog and Magog were at work in the Middle East and how they must be defeated.
Former French President Chirac hospitalised after mauling by his clinically depressed poodleFormer French president Jacques Chirac was rushed to hospital after being mauled by his own 'clinically depressed' pet dog. The 76-year-old statesman was savaged by his white Maltese dog - which suffers from frenzied fits and is being treated with anti-depressants.
History will be fairer to Bush THE American lady who called to see if I would appear on her radio program was specific. "We re setting up a debate " she said sweetly "and we want to know from your perspective as a historian whether George W.
French Googleslayer gets the green lightThe European Commission this week approved the aid of €99m to France with the aim to build a Google killer called QUAERO. The project leaders promise an advanced multimedia search engine and tools for translating, identifying and indexing images, sound and text.
Chirac under investigation for activities when Paris mayorFormer President Jacques Chirac was placed under formal investigation on Wednesday on suspicion that he misused public funds by handing out bogus work contracts while he was mayor of Paris.
France: Sarkozy seeks confrontation with the working classFrance faces a confrontation between its right-wing president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and the working class which could develop into one of the bitterest social clashes in recent French history.
France edges closer to NatoFrance has been a semi-detached member of Nato, rather as Britain is in the EU. It plays a full political role but withdrew its forces from the integrated multi-national command formations that were set up to respond to any attack.
France Moving Away from Socialism: Goal Equality of OpportunitySocialism has failed the people of France and Nicolas Sarkozy aims to put the train back on the tracks. From the article:Unveiling his domestic reform agenda in Paris Tuesday, Nicolas Sarkozy called for "a new social contract" for France.
Paris Lights: Sarko Charts A New Foreign Policy Course President Nicolas Sarkozy made international headlines this week when he declared, in his opening address to the French diplomatic corps, that bombing Iran might be the only alternative to a nuclear Iran.
Palestine: a policy of deliberate blindness Last year President Jacques Chirac asked Régis Debray to study the situation in the Middle East. On 15 January 2007 Debray sent the French authorities the following document on Palestine. It is an important key to understanding a long policy drift whose results are now obvious.
Chirac faces corruption inquiry Jacques Chirac is to be questioned by judges investigating alleged corruption in the Paris city government while he was mayor.
Raid on spy's home 'reveals details of Chirac's secret £30m bank account'LONG-STANDING rumours that the former French president Jacques Chirac holds a secret multi-million-euro bank account in Japan appear to have been confirmed by files seized from the home of a senior spy.
A New Generation, if not a New Deal, in French PoliticsRene Wadlow This is a little different because it speaks more toward an international audience, but it is interesting to see what is happening in democracies across the globe.
In France, Dubya Won Again: Amir TaheriARE we going to vote for a French George Bush? So asked Marianne, a left-wing Parisian daily, in its cover story about the French presidential election.
Foreign media estimates indicate Sarkozy victory (3rd Lead)Swiss and Belgian media reports on Sunday afternoon indicated that former French interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy would be elected president of France.
France Looks Ahead, and It Doesn't Look GoodWith the departure of Jacques Chirac, we are saying goodbye to the last semblance of statesmanship from a generation that remembered where an unraveled Europe could lead.
Le Pen says France needn't apologizeJean-Marie Le Pen, France's far-right National Front leader and presidential hopeful, said Sunday that outgoing President Jacques Chirac's 1995 recognition of France's responsibility for the deportation of Jews during World War II was regrettable.
Schröder faults U.S. on missile shieldDRESDEN: U.S. plans to build a missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic are dangerous and absurd, former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder said Sunday.
Dropping a BombFrench prez blows West's cover on Iran using nukes first – it's not going to happen.
Frenzy in France Over "Iranian Threat"Diana Johnstone: a most interesting comment from Israeli Deputy Defense minister Ephraim Sneh was cited by Seymour Hersh in his November 21, 2006 piece in The New Yorker on the possibility of a U.S. attack on Iran.
Big four emitters ignore call for actionForty-six nations have called for the creation of a more powerful UN environment agency, saying the survival of humanity was at risk, but the US, China, India and Russia did not sign up.
Bombing in ParisBarring a surprise, Jacques Chirac's 45-year run in politics is likely to end later this year when the French elect a new leader. They're certainly going to miss him in Tehran.
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