President Jacques Chirac has been hospitalized in Paris after suffering from a blood vessel problem affecting his eyesight and was expected to remain there for about a week, the prime minister said Saturday. Chirac, 72, was awake and consulting with advisers after being taken to Val-de-Grace Hospital in Paris on Friday evening, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said in the Atlantic coastal resort of La Baule. "Last night, he had a small vascular incident causing slight vision trouble that should fade over the next few days," Villepin said of Chirac. "He will stay in hospital for a week." Villepin said that the President discussed the government's agenda in coming days with him — in particular planned French aid for victims of Hurricane Katrina in the United States.
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