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  Lebanese authorities have arrested a Lebanese French businessman who allegedly funnelled millions of euros from former Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi to former French President Nicolas Sarkozy during the latter’s 2007 election campaign, a judicial source said. Ziad Takiedinne was arrested by Lebanon’s elite Information Branch on Thursday night, based on an Interpol arrest warrant originally issued by France, the source told Keen News. French prosecutors had formally charged Sarkozy with corruption and “membership in a criminal conspiracy” in the Libyan financing case in October . Sarkozy has denied any wrongdoing. On Thursday, France’s former Interior Minister Claude Gueant was also charged in the case . Takieddine, 70, was being interrogated by security forces on Friday and is set to be questioned by Lebanon’s top prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat on Monday. Should charges be brought against him, he would likely face trial in Lebanon – rather than be extradited to France – because he is a Le

  Authorities say there is no criminal suspicion in Sindika Dokolo’s cause of death while free-diving near Dubai. Sindika Dokolo, art collector and husband of Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, died in Dubai in a diving accident. Police in Dubai say they do not suspect foul play in the death of Sindika Dokolo, the husband of embattled Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, after his death while free-diving off the emirate. Dokolo, a 48-year-old Congolese art dealer who married dos Santos in 2002, died last Thursday near Umm al-Hatab Island, Dubai police said in a statement Sunday. His death comes against the backdrop of corruption allegations surrounding the couple. Dubai police Major-General Khalil Ibrahim al-Mansouri, assistant commander-in-chief for criminal investigation affairs, said authorities received an emergency call about Dokolo near the island. Maritime units rushed to the island, some 7 nautical miles off the coast of Dubai, and later discovered Dokolo dead. Dokolo had