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The youngest son of former Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi claims he was pressured to retract allegations about his country's funding of Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 presidential campaign. In an exclusive ...

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The youngest son of former Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi claims he was pressured to retract allegations about his country's funding of Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 presidential campaign. In an ...

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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy at the Palais de Justice courthouse in Paris, on January 20, 2025. BERTRAND GUAY / AFP Grief suddenly entered the courtroom – poignant, palpable ...