PARIS (AFP) - Ex-French president Jacques Chirac will not attend his corruption trial opening in Paris on Monday on medical grounds, his lawyers said Saturday. The lawyers said, they submitted a letter from their client to the presiding judge together with a copy of his medical file. "In the ...

Families of French engineers killed in a 2002 bomb attack in Pakistan will lodge a manslaughter suit against former president Jacques Chirac, their lawyer said Friday. Their civil suit for manslaughter and endangering life also targets former prime minister Dominique de Villepin and former ...