Chirac 'assassin' jailed for two years

Prosecutors asked a court today to sentence a man accused of trying to shoot President Jacques Chirac in 2002 to six to eight years in prison as jurors began deliberating on a verdict.

Maxime Brunerie, 27, told the court this week he wanted to assassinate Chirac on Paris' famed Champs-Elysees avenue during a national Bastille Day parade on July 14, 2002, so he would go down in history with a "shocking" act.