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Melissa Chemam with RFI

France's ex-president Sarkozy on trial over alleged Gaddafi pact

President Nicolas Sarkozy greeting Libyan leader Col. Gaddafi at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, on 10 December 2007. ASSOCIATED PRESS - Francois Mori

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is again on trial from this Monday, as he has been charged with accepting illegal campaign financing in an alleged pact with the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

Nicolas Sarkozy was present in the Paris court as the trial got underway Monday. He plans to attend the initial phase of hearings, as a source close to him told French news agency AFP, asking not to be named.

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