Jacques René Chirac (born 29 November 1932) served as the President of France from 17 May 1995 until 16 May 2007. As President he also served as an ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra and Grand Master of the French Légion d'honneur. Chirac was the second-longest serving President of France (two full terms, first seven years and second five), behind François Mitterrand. Chirac is the only person to have served twice as Prime Minister under the Fifth Republic.
Source: The Oakland Press
Today is Saturday, May 26, the 147th day of 2012. There are 219 days left in the year. Today’s Highlights in History: On May 26, 1942, the U.S. War Department formally established the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) during World War II a ...
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Today is Saturday, May 26, the 147th day of 2012. There are 219 days left in the year. On May 26, 1942, the U.S. War Department formally established the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) during World War II as ...
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Janet Jackson has told her brother Michael's daughter not to go into acting yet. In December, it was announced that Janet's 14-year-old niece Paris Jackson was cast in the upcoming film "Lundon's Bridge and the Three Keys." In ...
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Source: Project Syndicate
DUBLIN – “The construction of Europe is an art,” former French President Jacques Chirac once said. “It is the art of the possible.” If so, then Europe’s deconstruction – or, worse, its collapse – would be a shockingly fearful and painful business. That w ...
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Eliot Pollak previews this Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest and believes that Serbia have a chance of upsetting hot favourites Sweden, and Nul Points could be on the cards, quite possibly from the UK entry. The first semi-final had 'quirky' tunes ...
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Beyond economics, many observers noted that European Union citizens would accept tight monetary bonds only if they were participating in a shared political community. The former president of the Bundesbank, Hans Tietmeyer, liked to quote a medieval Fr ...
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(BRUSSELS) - Europe's odd couple, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Socialist French President Francois Hollande, may be poles apart but their first double act appeared to set off on the right foot. At a cl ...
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FCO must disclose details of Blair/Bush conversation The Foreign and Commonwealth Office must disclose records of an eve-of-war conversation between Tony Blair and George Bush, the Information Rights Tribunal ruled last week. I ...
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The National Company of French Railways (SNCF) signed an agreement with the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on Wednesday to launch a new joint research initiative that would uncover information ...
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