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Ex-French president Nicolas Sarkozy released
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Paris [France], March 22 (ANI): Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been released from police custody, after two days of questioning over allegations that he received millions of euros in illegal election campaign funding from late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.
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Ex-French president Nicolas Sarkozy taken into police custody
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Paris [France], March 21 (ANI): Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday was taken into police custody over allegations that he received millions of euros in illegal election campaign funding from late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.
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French presidential election: Le Pen retains lead in polls despite gains
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb. 24(ANI): According to a poll, French far right leader Marine Le Pen has increased her lead in the first round of France's presidential election but would lose the May 7 run-off against either the centre-right's Francois Fillon or centrist Emmanuel Macron.
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Francois Fillon wins France's conservative presidential primary
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Paris [France], Nov. 28 (ANI): Former French Prime Minister Francois Fillon has won the conservative presidential primary, beating rival and also former Prime Minister Alain Juppe.
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Nicolas Sarkozy knocked out of French presidential race
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Nov. 21 (ANI): Nicolas Sarkozy was knocked out of the French presidential race by Francois Fillon and Alain Juppe after he finished third in the primary to pick the centre-right's candidate.
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