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Nicolas Sarkozy handed 5-year jail term for raising funds from Libya
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in jail on Thursday for criminal conspiracy over attempts to raise campaign funds from Libya, a spectacular downfall for the conservative who led France from 2007 to 2012. The...
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France's ex-President Sarkozy gets prison sentence in Libya funding case
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Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison by a Paris criminal court after being convicted of criminal conspiracy related to illegal campaign financing from Libya. The conviction follows a ten-year investigation into financial links...
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World News | Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy Sentenced to Five Years in Jail in Libyan Funding Case
Paris [France], September 25 (ANI): Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a trial over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign...
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Nicolas Sarkozy, Former French President, Gets 5-Year Jail Term in Libya Election Campaign Financing Case
Paris, September 25: A Paris court on Thursday sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison "with deferred effect" while also imposing an immediate five-year ban on holding any public function and a fine of €100,000....
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General : GSF: Malaysian Activists To Return Home Monday
SEPANG, Oct 4 (Bernama) -- All 23 Malaysian activists involved in the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) mission, recently released from Israeli detention, are scheduled to return home this Monday, according to Sumud Nusantara Operations Centre (SNCC)...
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Ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy jailed for 5 years in Libya campaign funding case
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been jailed for five years after being convicted of criminal conspiracy in the infamous Libyan campaign financing case. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was on Thursday sentenced to five years in...
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Libya: Demanding PM Recant Decision could Undermine Tripoli’s Truce, ANALYSIS
“What is urgently needed now is that UNSMIL stops wasting any more time on curtsy visits and meetings in Libya and abroad and, instead, focuses on implementing the roadmap without delay.” The Tripoli Post Tripoli— The Libyan Association of...
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French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to 5 years in prison in Libyan campaign-financing trial
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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison in the case of suspected illegal campaign funds from the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Sarkozy, 70, was found guilty on Thursday of criminal conspiracy in a...
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Ex-French PM Nicolas Sarkozy gets five years in prison over links to Libyan leader Gadhafi
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in prison A court in Paris finding him guilty on a key charge in his trial for alleged illegal campaign financing by the government of then-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. The...
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Sarkozy gets 5-year sentence in Libya trial
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Obtaining financial support The chief judge, in an hours-long reading of the lengthy verdict, said Sarkozy allowed his close associates to reach out to Libyan authorities “to obtain or try to obtain financial support in Libya for the purpose of...
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Sarkozy: Former France President convicted in Libya trial
A Paris court on Thursday convicted former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on charges of criminal conspiracy but acquitted him of corruption and accepting illegal campaign financing in his trial into accusations late Libyan dictator Moamer...
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Ex-French president Sarkozy convicted of criminal conspiracy in Libya funding scandal, prosecutors seek prison
PARIS, Sept 25 — A Paris court on Thursday convicted former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on charges of criminal conspiracy but acquitted him of corruption and accepting illegal campaign financing in his trial into accusations late Libyan...
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Former French President found guilty on key charge in Libya case
PARIS (AP) — A Paris court found former French President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty on a key charge but acquitted him on three others Thursday in his trial for the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign with money from the...
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France ex-president Sarkozy convicted in Libya trial
A Paris court on Thursday convicted former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on charges of criminal conspiracy but acquitted him of corruption and accepting illegal campaign financing in his trial into accusations late Libyan dictator Moamer...
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Former French prez Sarkozy found guilty on some charges in Libya campaign financing case
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the courthouse, in Paris, France on Sept 25. (AP) PARIS, Sept 25, (AP): A Paris court found former French president Nicolas Sarkozy guilty on some but not all charges on Thursday in his trial for...
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Nicolas Sarkozy Found Guilty of Illegal Libya-Linked Campaign Financing
In a Paris court, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy received a verdict on part of the charges concerning the illegal funding of his 2007 election campaign, financed with funds linked to Muammar Gaddafi’s Libyan government. The verdict...
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French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to five years in prison in Libyan campaign-financing trial
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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison in the case of suspected illegal campaign funds from the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Sarkozy, 70, was found guilty on Thursday of criminal conspiracy in a...
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Former French President Sarkozy found guilty on some charges in Libya campaign financing case
PARIS — (AP) — A Paris court found former French President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty on some but not all charges on Thursday in his trial for the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign with money from the government of...
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Paris court sentences Nicolas Sarkozy to 5 years in prison for criminal conspiracy in Libya case
PARIS (AP) — A Paris court on Thursday sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison after finding him guilty of criminal conspiracy in a scheme to finance his 2007 campaign with funds from Libya, a verdict that the...
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