French ex-president Sarkozy loses challenge to cash-from-Libya case

PARIS: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy lost his bid Thursday to throw out an inquiry into claims he used Libyan cash for his 2007 presidential campaign, a ruling that could require him and several associates to stand trial. A Paris appeals court upheld the validity of the investigation, launched in 2012 after reports that Sarkozy accepted millions of euros from the regime of former strongman Muammar Qaddafi. Sarkozy, 65, has denied the allegations. His lawyer declined to comment after the hearing on whether he would appeal the...