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International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has appeared at a special Paris court to face questioning over a controversial arbitrage deal that she oversaw as French finance minister.The 2008 deal handed about 400 million euros to magnate Bernard Tapie to settle a dispute with state-owned bank Credit Lyonnais over the botched sale of Adidas in the 1990s.Tapie was close to then-French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who was Lagarde's boss. Critics have said the deal was too generous to Tapie at the expense of the French state.Lagarde left her Paris apartment Thursday morning and appeared at a special court that handles cases involving government ministers. She has denied wrongdoing....
PARIS (AP) — French President Nicolas Sarkozy confirms French aid worker killed after raid against al-Qaida.
PARIS (AP) — French President Nicolas Sarkozy to submit bill on banning face-covering veils in public.
French foreign minister sends resignation letter to President Nicolas Sarkozy
French authorities are probing allegations that former President Nicolas Sarkozy utilized illicit campaign contributions from the late Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi,...
Olivier Sarkozy's new relationship with Mary-Kate Olsen may not impress his bosses at the Carlyle Group, who had previously ordered him to maintain a lower profile, ...
A judge on Thursday filed preliminary charges against former President Nicolas Sarkozy in a campaign finance case, formally placing him under investigation over alle...
A lawyer says preliminary charges have been filed against former President Nicolas Sarkozy in connection with allegations he illegally took donations from France's r...
By the time the supermodel-turned-singer Carla Bruni began strumming her guitar at a dinner party in a villa near Paris, she had already entranced Nicolas Sarkozy, t...
George Clooney and the team behind “ Ides of March ” aren’t the only ones with politics on their mind. French director Xavier Durringer is making a movie about a rea...
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy may be planning to move out of the country to London to avoid a potential 75 percent tax rate.The move would be made to set u...
French investigators searched former President Nicolas Sarkozy's home and office on Tuesday as part of a probe into suspected illegal financing of his 2007 president...
French investigators searched former President Nicolas Sarkozy's home and office on Tuesday as part of a probe into suspected illegal financing of his 2007 president...
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is facing questions at a special Paris court Thursday over her role in the 400 million euro ($520 million) pay-of...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy concedes defeat in presidential election.
PARIS -- A man in a crowd grabbed French President Nicolas Sarkozy by the shoulder Thursday and nearly knocked him to the ground before being tackled by security off...
Never a stranger to the big stage, David Beckham was finally overwhelmed and reduced to tears as he went out in a burst of fireworks and cheers Saturday in his final...
Playing the 2022 World Cup in the summer heat of Qatar is "not rational and reasonable," FIFA President Sepp Blatter said in a newspaper interview.Despite health con...
President Nicolas Sarkozy says France has already taken action against Libya.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will travel to Annecy on Friday to meet with the IOC evaluation commission inspecting the Alpine city's proposed venues for the 2018...