Former French Prez Nicolas Sarkozy's comeback hopes dashed
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has lost a bid to contest as the Republican party's presidential candidate in the country's 2017 elections. Sarkozy lost the bid to former Prime Minister François Fillon who served under Sarkozy when he was the president. Earlier, Sarkozy was accused of taking funds for his 2007 presidential campaign from deceased Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.