Jacques Chirac

Ex-French President Chirac lost his virginity in an Algiers bordello Home

Sify (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

Former French President Jacques Chirac has come up with a surprising revelation about his private life - the loss of his virginity.

Ex-French President Chirac lost his virginity in an Algiers bordello Home

A little about .... (Free subscription) | yesterday

Paris, Nov. 8 - ANI: Former French President Jacques Chirac has come up with a surprising revelation about his private life the loss of his virginity.

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French Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday

This is a perennial of French politics: Jacques Chirac and François Hollande run into each other comme par hasard somewhere in deepest Corrèze, in this instance at the Foire du Livre in Brive. This is the French equivalent of the "outside the Beltway" gambit in American politics. The politician assures the locals that they are the salt of the earth, that it really is good for...

Candour from Chirac, except about alleged corruption

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

WITH HIS successor smarting from poor mid-term opinion polls and fighting to reassert himself after a series of setbacks, former president Jacques Chirac returned this week to the national stage he bestrode for three decades with the publication of the first volume of his keenly awaited memoirs.

FOCUS: Former French President Jacques Chirac is all over the news

France24 (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Former French President Jacques Chirac is in the spotlight. With a new autobiography just out and a high-profile trial in the works where he stands accused of misappropriating public funds, he is dominating the news agenda in France.

Chirac, facing trial, publishes memoirs

CNN (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Former French President Jacques Chirac's memoirs went on sale Thursday, a day after he learned he must stand trial on corruption charges stemming from his time as Paris mayor.

The Chirac trial: Liberty, equality, no impunity

The Economist (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

The salutary shock of a former president going on trial THE French have greeted the decision to put Jacques Chirac on trial for misappropriation of public funds with mixed feelings. A surprising number of politicians have suggested that the former president should be left in peace. But voters seem pleased that an era of impunity is ending: 72% told one poll that they approved of treating Mr Chirac...

France plans to cut powerful judges down to size

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

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.

• France plans to cut powerful judges down to size - Sify
• France plans to cut powerful judges down to size - San Diego Union
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Chirac corruption trial to proceed

Denver Post (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Prosecutors said Wednesday that they will not appeal a judge's decision ordering former French President Jacques Chirac to stand trial in an alleged corruption case that predated his presidency.

Prosecutors won't appeal decision to try Chirac

San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

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.

Prosecutors won't appeal decision to try Chirac

Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

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.

FRANCE - JUSTICE: Former President Chirac says he has 'nothing to be ashamed of' ahead of trial

France24 (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

Former French President Jacques Chirac is set to be tried on corruption charges after prosecutors said they would not appeal a judge's decision ordering him to stand trial over a 'ghost jobs' scandal.

France's Chirac says prepared to stand trial

Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

PARIS (Reuters) - Former French President Jacques Chirac said he was ready to appear in court over accusations of embezzlement during his time as mayor of Paris and was determined to clear his name.

• Chirac's memoirs show restraint on Sarkozy - Miami Herald
• Chirac's memoirs show restraint on Sarkozy - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Prosecutor won't appeal decision to try Chirac

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

The Paris prosecutor's office says it will not appeal a decision by an investigating magistrate to order former French President Jacques Chirac to stand trial on embezzlement charges dating back to his 1977-95 tenure as Paris mayor.

• Prosecutors won't appeal decision to try Chirac - kansascity.com
• Prosecutor won't appeal decision to try Chirac - Seattle Times
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Chirac on corruption charges: 'I've nothing to be ashamed of'

France24 (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

Former French president Jacques Chirac declared Wednesday he had "nothing to be ashamed of" and that he was ready to face trial for corruption. Last week, an investigating judge ordered the 76-year-old statesman to answer charges in court of misuse of public funds dating back from his time as Paris mayor in the 1990s. In his first public comments since the trial order, Chirac told Europe...