France's PM Villepin leaves after visiting French President Chirac at French military hospital Val ......
France's PM Villepin leaves after visiting French President Chirac at French military hospital Val de Grace in Paris. France's Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin leaves after visiting French President Jacques Chirac at the Val de Grace military hospital in Paris September 3, 2005. Villepin said Chirac is in "good shape" after visiting him on Saturday. Chirac was admitted to hospital for a week late on Friday with a blood vessel problem that has affected his vision, officials said. Villepin told journalists that Chirac was in a hurry to leave but that doctors had advised the 72-year-old French leader to stay there for "several days". REUTERS/Charles Platiau