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| Subject: France: Jacques Chirac corruption trial opens Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:34 pm | |
| Former French President Jacques Chirac has gone on trial on charges he misused public funds while he was mayor of Paris, before he was president.
Mr Chirac is accused of paying cronies between 1977 and 1995 for city hall jobs that did not exist.
The 78-year-old has always denied the charges.
He is the first French ex-head of state to face criminal charges since Field Marshal Philippe Petain was convicted of treason after World War II.
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