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Court suspends investigation into Sarkozy corruption plot

The probe into former president's alleged attempt to corrupt a judge is held up by his legal challenge that revealing phone taps were unlawful.

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Nicolas Sarkozy, who last week made a return to French politics, has won some respite from his sea of legal troubles after a court ordered a corruption probe into the former French president to be suspended, reports The Telegraph.

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