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Plane Detour Ordered to Prolong Nap?

PARIS (Reuters) - Determined to get a decent night’s sleep, French President Jacques Chirac ordered his Airbus pilot to perform a 1,250-mile time-killing tour of France before heading to Russia to see Vladimir Putin (news - web sites) last week.

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Never scared to take a crack at Chirac, the Canard presented a graphic of the high-flying detour, replete with cartoon sketches of Chirac swigging beer in his pajamas before settling into bed.

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