Nicolas Sarkozy

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** FILE ** This April 26, 2012, photo shows former French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivering a speech during an electoral meeting for the second round of the presidential election in Le Raincy, north of Paris. French judges have dropped Monday Oct. 7, 2013, an investigation into Sarkozy over allegations that he illegally took donations from France's richest woman on way to his 2007 election victory. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere,File)

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**FILE** French President Nicolas Sarkozy (center) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (right) stop at a roast sausage fast food stand as they visit the Christmas market in Freiburg, Germany, on Dec. 10, 2010. (Associated Press)

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Members of the media are seen July 3, 2012, at the entrance of the building housing the offices of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris. French investigators searched Sarkozy's home and office earlier that day as part of a probe into suspected illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the L'Oreal cosmetics heiress, an official said. (Associated Press)