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The prosecutor overseeing the legal case against former President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday he has made no decision on the case, denying a report from French newspaper Le Parisien which said he would recommend dropping the charges."The procedure, which includes several thousand documentsÛrequires a detailed analysis," said Bordeaux prosecutor Claude Laplaud in a statement.Le Parisien newspaper reported in its Friday edition that court documents showed the prosecutor in Bordeaux, where the case is being investigated, would recommend closing the formal investigation against Mr. Sarkozy for allegedly abusing the weakness of Liliane Bettencourt, the heiress of the cosmetics group L'Oreal SA (OR.FR).Mr. Sarkozy has denied wrongdoing.The magistrates are looking into whether people in Ms. Bettencourt's entourage abused her ill state to obtain money, paintings or real estate. They are also looking into accusations that some of Ms. Bettencourt's money helped illegally fund Mr. Sarkozy's 2007 ...
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French prosecutors will recommend that a case against former president Nicolas Sarkozy be dropped, French daily Le Parisien reports Friday, citing court documents.Ma...
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France's prosecutor has asked an investigating judge to question jailed swindler Bernard Madoff and Swiss bank UBS as part of a probe of investor losses from Madoff'...
French cosmetics giant L'Oreal (LRLCY, OR.FR) announced Monday the end of heiress to the company Liliane Bettencourt's tenure on its board of directors.L'Oreal said ...
PARIS – French trade unions mounted a show of strength on Tuesday with strikes and big street marches over unpopular pension reforms that President Nicolas Sarkozy...
By John IrishPARIS, Sept 3 (Reuters) - France's government wants to pushthrough an unpopular but crucial pension reform by October tohelp bring the country's balloon...
