Former French president Sarkozy given 5-year sentence
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Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in prison after a Paris court found him guilty of criminal conspiracy linked to alleged Libyan funding.
Nicolas Sarkozy is found guilty of obtaining millions of euros in illegal financing from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi for his successful 2007 presidential bid.
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Paris court to rule on Sarkozy's alleged illegal campaign financing by Libya's Gadhafi government
A Paris court is to deliver its verdict Thursday over former French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of then-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.