1970: Riots break out in the Ardoyne area of Belfast. On the same day, Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya. 1973: President Nixon orders a halt to American bombing in North Vietnam ...

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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and former close aides are on trial charged with devising a pact with late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to illegally fund Sarkozy's victorious 2007 election ...

He has always denied the allegations. Prosecutors have investigated allegations that late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi sent Sarkozy's successful 2007 campaign millions of euros in cash ...

His arduous journey takes him to Libya to confront dictator Muammar Gaddafi and through the corridors of British politics and media, seeking answers and accountability. Beyond the personal tragedy ...

Sarkozy has denied any wrongdoing (AP) The case emerged in March 2011, when a Libyan news agency reported that the Gaddafi government had financed Sarkozy’s 2007 campaign. In an interview ...

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Nicolas Sarkozy is alleged to have accepted money from Muammar Gaddafi Credit: Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Mr Takieddine’s British ex-wife Nicola Johnson told judges she had witnessed ...

In a trial listed to last no less than three months, prosecutors will claim that he accepted money-laundered funds from Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, the late dictator of oil-rich Libya, totalling tens ...