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Sarkozy Enters Prison After Campaign Fund Conviction

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy Begins Prison Sentence Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has started serving his 18-month prison sentence for corruption and influence peddling related to his 2012 presidential campaign fund. Sarkozy's conviction marked the first time a French head of st...

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Former Kenyan Premier Raila Odinga, a Key Figure in African Politics, Dies at 80

Kenyan politics is reeling after the sudden death of Raila Odinga, a towering figure in East African politics, who collapsed while on a morning walk in India. The 80-year-old opposition leader, who had been a dominant force in Kenyan politics for over three decades, died of a heart attack at the Dev...