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In this photo taken on October 18, 2016 the former French president Nicolas Sarkozy poses for a portrait in Paris. (AFP PHOTO / JOEL SAGET)
March 23, 2018, 9:41 am
Scandal-hit Sarkozy vows to clear name, but says ‘finished’ in politics
Former French president accused of accepting up to €50 million funding for election campaign from Libya’s Gaddafi
By Adam PLOWRIGHT and Baptiste PACE
French then-president Nicolas Sarkozy attends newly named member of the Constitutional Council Dominique Lottin's oath-taking ceremony at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, November 6, 2017. (Christophe Petit Tesson/ AP)
March 20, 2018, 12:28 pm
Ex-French president Sarkozy arrested in Libya funding probe
Investigators believe Muammar Gaddafi illegally paid millions of dollars to help Sarkozy in his 2007 election campaign
By AP
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