Chirac, 83, hospitalized with lung infection

Former French president Jacques Chirac, 83, was hospitalized on Sunday with a lung infection, the second time in a year the frail elder statesman has received hospital care.

Chirac, who led France from 1995 to 2007, was "hospitalized this morning at Pitie-Salpetriere (hospital in Paris) to be treated for a lung infection," his son-in-law Frederic Salat-Baroux said, adding he would remain there "in the coming days".

The popular ex-president had just returned from a visit to Morocco with his wife Bernadette, Salat-Baroux added.