French President Jacques Chirac (2ndL) and French First Lady Bernadette (L) wait to welcome [Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak] with Paris Mayor Jean Tiberi (R) and his wife Xaviere for a visit of an exhibit on the city of Alexandrie , May 19. [Tiberi, swept up in a growing corruption scandal, a day after his wife was taken into custody for seven hours as police pursued graft investigations, accused his foes of using him to try to undermine former Paris mayor Jacques Chirac].