Update: 05/09/2011 - corruption - France - French politics - Jacques Chirac
Court rules Chirac trial can continue in his absence
A French court ruled Monday that the embezzlement trial of Jacques Chirac could go ahead despite the former French president being absent from proceedings on medical grounds.
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