Former French president Sarkozy given 5-year sentence

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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to 5 years in prison
A Paris judge sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison Thursday on criminal conspiracy charges for accepting campaign funding from former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

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Paris court sentences Nicolas Sarkozy to 5 years in prison for criminal conspiracy in Libya case
Former French President Sarkozy handed 5-year jail term in stunning downfall
Sarkozy jailing reignites debate over French political justice ahead of Le Pen appeal
Former President Nicolas Sarkozy's prison sentence has deepened divisions in France over judges' handling of political wrongdoing, months before far-right chief Marine Le Pen attempts to overturn an ...

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Sarkozy jailed for five years over Gaddafi campaign funds conspiracy
Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy
Sarkozy conviction exposes political divide in crisis-hit France
Speaking to broadcaster RTL, Henri Guaino, a former special adviser to Sarkozy, called the conviction "a humiliation for the state and its institutions".

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Former French President Sarkozy given five-year prison sentence in illegal financing case
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