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Former French President Jacques Chirac hospitalised

Published: 18 Sep 2016 - 02:15 pm | Last Updated: 30 Nov 2021 - 01:53 am

(FILES) This file photo taken on August 14, 2011 shows France's former president Jacques Chirac siting at a table outside the famous Le Senequier café in the French Riviera searesort of Saint-Tropez.   AFP / Sebastien NOGIER

Paris: Former French President Jacques Chirac was repatriated from Morocco on Sunday and taken to hospital to be treated for an acute lung infection, his son in law told French news agency.
The former head of state, aged 83, "will remain in hospital for the next few days," Frederic Salat-Baroux said. (QNA)

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