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A Paris court on Monday found three former French government officials and three others guilty on charges involving millions of euros in kickbacks from arms sales to Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed in 1994. The court handed the men prison sentences of two to five years over the so-called "Karachi affair" that has dogged former prime minister Edouard Balladur, facing trial in the coming months that he used the kickbacks to help fund his failed 1995 presidential bid. sb-jmo/jt/nm/js/mlr/ach
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2020-06-15

