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French ex-president Sarkozy sentenced to 5 years in prison in Libya campaign financing case

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French ex-president Sarkozy sentenced to 5 years in prison in Libya campaign financing case

A French court on Thursday sentenced former president Nicolas Sarkozy to five years of prison for accepting illegal campaign funds from late Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi. Sarkozy was convicted of criminal conspiracy but was acquitted of other charges.

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