Update: 05/09/2011 - corruption - France - French politics - Jacques Chirac
Former president Chirac absent as trial opens in Paris
The embezzlement trial of Jacques Chirac opened in Paris Monday despite the former French president's absence. Lawyers for Chirac, who is also accused of breach of trust and misusing public funds, said he was medically unfit to attend.
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