Read more Jacques Chirac stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1343/jacques-chirac.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:46:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72949/chirac-must-stand-trial-on-corruption-charges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFormer French President Jacques Chirac has been ordered to stand trial in an alleged corruption scandal dating back to his time as Paris mayor—a case that caught up with him in retirement once he lost the judicial immunity of France's highest office. A magistrate ordered Chirac, whose 12-year presidency...http://www.newser.com/story/72949/chirac-must-stand-trial-on-corruption-charges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 9:15:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65364/french-leaders-keep-health-hush-hush.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDon't expect French President Nicolas Sarkozy to talk about being rushed to the hospital after he collapsed during a jog yesterday. If he's anything like his predecessors, he'll probably say nothing at all, reports AFP. Since 1974, when President Georges Pompidou died while in office from leukemia, French leaders have...http://www.newser.com/story/65364/french-leaders-keep-health-hush-hush.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Jul 2009 1:19:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62079/sarko-jeered-at-african-leaders-funeral.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCrowds in the African nation of Gabon booed Nicolas Sarkozy at the funeral of the country's long-serving strongman president, Omar Bongo. Dozens of onlookers shouted "We don't want you, leave!" at the French leader and his predecessor, Jacques Chirac. France ruled Gabon in the colonial era and kept close ties...http://www.newser.com/story/62079/sarko-jeered-at-african-leaders-funeral.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Jun 2009 5:39:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54132/no-bloggers-obama-doesnt-think-chirac-is-french-prez.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe tone of a letter from President Obama to Jacques Chirac has some in the blogosphere wondering if Obama knows that Chirac is no longer the president of France, writes Jimmy Orr in the Christian Science Monitor reports. “Doesn’t Obama ever consult his staff before acting?” one concerned blogger wrote....http://www.newser.com/story/54132/no-bloggers-obama-doesnt-think-chirac-is-french-prez.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Mar 2009 12:39:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48650/depressed-pet-mauls-former-french-prez.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFormer French President Jacques Chirac is recovering after his depressed poodle mauled him, the Daily Mail reports. Sumo, a white Maltese, takes anti-depressants and is prone to making “vicious, unprovoked attacks,” said Bernadette Chirac, who wouldn’t say where her 76-year-old husband had been bitten. “The dog went for him for...http://www.newser.com/story/48650/depressed-pet-mauls-former-french-prez.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Jan 2009 10:39:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40167/sarkozy-sues-over-scandal-diary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrance's president Nicolas Sarkozy is at the center of a firestorm over publication of the diaries of a former French Intelligence chief which contain information about several politicians, including details of Sarkozy's personal life, the BBC reports. Yves Bertrand's personal diaries, reported in a news magazine, contain observations about the...http://www.newser.com/story/40167/sarkozy-sues-over-scandal-diary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Oct 2008 3:18:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39723/cop-spied-on-sarkos-lovers-to-smear-him.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTawdry revelations from the diaries of a former intelligence chief are proving yet again that no one does scandal like the French: Authorities are accusing Yves Bertrand of spying on Nicolas Sarkozy’s wives and lovers to smear him before he became president and keep Jacques Chirac in power. Bertrand called...http://www.newser.com/story/39723/cop-spied-on-sarkos-lovers-to-smear-him.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 11 Oct 2008 18:31:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20172/paris-berlin-relations-turn-sour.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOnly a week after Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel called off a scheduled meeting, France and Germany's finance ministers canceled their own summit yesterday, reports AFP. While nobody wants to say that the leaders of Europe's two largest countries are getting testy with each other, disagreements over economic policy and...http://www.newser.com/story/20172/paris-berlin-relations-turn-sour.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 27 Feb 2008 10:08:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/14780/le-beau-sarko-vexes-french.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHe ain't your daddy's Jacques Chirac, and French president Nicolas Sarkozy's escapades have his countrymen both enthralled and concerned, reports the Guardian . His rollercoaster love life provides delicious gossip to a public that buys "I love Sarko" skivvies, and the tiny dynamo poses for intimate photo shoots and traipses around...http://www.newser.com/story/14780/le-beau-sarko-vexes-french.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 23 Dec 2007 13:20:00 CST