JARNAC, France (CNN) -- In ceremonies befitting both his position of power and his humble roots, former French President Francois Mitterrand was honored Thursday by world leaders in Paris and by his birthplace of Jarnac.

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Sharif also enacted a constitutional amendment allowing leaders to fire deputies who desert their party for another -- a time-honored practice.

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