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Ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy starts five-year prison sentence for conspiracy with Gadhafi
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday started his five-year prison sentence after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy with the late Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi. This is the first time a former leader of modern France has been...
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Jailed former French President starts his 5-year imprisonment with an emotional goodbye to his wife and supporters
70-year-old, Republican party leader and former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy who came out of his home hand-in-hand with his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, embraced her and waved hands to a gathering of his supporters before he entered the police...
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SA accused of hypocrisy for exporting arms to military juntas and violators of human rights
The South African government has been accused of breaking its own laws and violating its commitments to “silencing the guns”, by selling arms to military juntas or states which are committing human rights abuses. South Africa is selling arms to...
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Former French President Sarkozy starts 5-year prison sentence for campaign finance conspiracy
Open this photo in gallery:Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves his house with his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy on the day of his incarceration.Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy began a five-year sentence on...
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Former French President Sarkozy begins a 5-year prison sentence for campaign finance conspiracy (World)
Sylvie Corbet And Masha Macpherson, The Associated Press - Oct 21, 2025 / 6:39 am | Story: 579168 Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy entered a prison in Paris on Tuesday to begin serving a 5-year sentence for a criminal conspiracy to finance...
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Former French President Sarkozy begins five-year prison sentence for campaign finance conspiracy
PARIS (AP) — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy entered a prison in Paris on Tuesday to begin serving a five-year sentence for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya — a historic moment that makes...
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Libya, Turkey discuss cooperation in developing employment policies and training initiatives
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The Minister of Labour and Rehabilitation, Ali Al-Abed, and his Turkish counterpart, Vedat Işık Han, have emphasized the importance of continuing bilateral coordination and cooperation to contribute to developing employment policies and supporting...
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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy begins 5-year prison sentence
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A police convoy transports former French President Nicolas Sarkozy (C, in car) to La Sante prison in Paris on Tuesday to begin a five-year sentence related to a campaign finance scandal involving money from Libya. Photo by Yoan Valat/EPA Oct. 21...
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Former president Sarkozy starts five-year sentence in Paris prison
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Paris — Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy began a five-year sentence on Tuesday for conspiring to raise campaign funds from Libya, in a stunning downfall for a man who led the country between 2007 and 2012. The former conservative president,...
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Prime minister meets vice president of Libyan Presidential Council
DOHA: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has met with Vice President of the Presidential Council of the State of Libya HE Abdullah Al Lafi. During the meeting, they discussed...
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Al-Ghariani accused of seeking to establish a “terrorist-hatching institution” amid delayed government support for his foundation
Libyan legal expert, Mohammed Saleh Jibril Al-Lafi, said that “Libya has accredited Sharia colleges and departments, and there is no need to establish Al-Ghariani’s college,” adding that the goal is “to create an institution for producing...
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Former French President Sarkozy begins 5-year sentence, brings sweaters because prison is cold: lawyer
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived at a prison in Paris on Tuesday to begin serving a 5-year sentence for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya — a historic moment that makes him the first...
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Libya, Morocco discuss mechanisms to stimulate their trade and investment
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On the sidelines of the Turkey-Africa Forum in Istanbul, the Minister of Economy and Trade Mohamed Al-Hawij and the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Trade Omar Hijira discussed mechanisms to stimulate trade and investment exchange between the two...
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Ex-French president Sarkozy arrives at Paris jail to begin five-year sentence for criminal conspiracy
FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT Nicolas Sarkozy has entered a Paris jail after being found guilty of seeking to acquire Libyan funding for his 2007 presidential run. He walked out of his home hand-in-hand with his wife, Carla Bruni, and left in a car...
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Sarkozy begins prison term over Libya funds
PARIS, Oct. 21 — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has entered prison in Paris to start a five-year sentence for illegally financing his 2007 election campaign with money linked to Libya — becoming the first modern French leader to be...
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Ex-president jailed over dictator bombshell
France’s ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy became the first former head of an EU state to be jailed Tuesday, proclaiming his innocence as he entered a Paris prison. France’s right-wing leader from 2007 to 2012 was found guilty last month of seeking to...
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Saddam Haftar Discusses Military Cooperation and Reconstruction Support with President of Belarus in Minsk
The Deputy General Commander of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Saddam Haftar, met today, Tuesday, with the President of the Republic of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, at the Republican Palace in the capital, Minsk, as part of an official...
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Ex-French President Sarkozy Begins 5-Year Prison Sentence
News Investigators/ Former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, arrived on Tuesday at a Paris prison to begin a five-year sentence, television images showed. Sarkozy, 70, was convicted of having participated in a criminal organisation in connection...
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France's ex-president escorted to jail over Libya funding conviction
By Nicolas Gaudichet and Phenix Kim for AFP France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy leaves his residence to present himself to La Sante Prison for incarceration on a five-year prison sentence. Photo: AFP / JULIEN DE ROSA France's ex-president...
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Sarkozy begins five-year prison term over Libyan campaign scandal
The former French president's five-year sentence is for conspiring to finance his 2007 campaign with funds from Libya, a conviction he continues to contest. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has begun serving a five-year prison term in Paris...
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