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<p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt">Wife of former French president Jacques Chirac with her pet dog Sumo</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>France's former president Jacques Chirac has been bitten by his lap dog Sumo, who is being treated for depression, in a dramatic incident that rattled his wife Bernadette.</p>
<p>"If you only knew! I had a dramatic day yesterday," she said. "Sumo bit my husband!"</p>
<p>Sumo is a Maltese, a miniature lap dog with a silky white coat. He has been agitated for some time despite receiving treatment with anti-depressants, the article said.</p>
<p>A member of the right wing former president's entourage confirmed that 76-year-old Chirac had been bitten, but insisted that the attack had not been serious and had not left a permanent scar.</p>
<p>Chirac, who is a fan of Sumo wrestling, left office in 2007 after Nicolas Sarkozy was elected to the presidency. </p>

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France's former president Jacques Chirac has been bitten by his lap dog Sumo, who is being treated for depression, in a dramatic incident that rattled his wife Bernadette.

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