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Pierre Falcone, a French businessman who serves as Angola's representative to Unesco, and Arkady Gaydamak, an Israeli-Russian whose son owns Portsmouth football club, are at the heart of the affair dubbed Angolagate by the French media.
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Dubbed "Angolagate" by the French press, the long-running affair has cast a shadow over a raft of senior government officials, including many who served during Mitterrand's two-term Socialist presidency from
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Bilateral relations soured over the so-called "Angolagate" case, a long-running judicial investigation into illegal arms sales that cast a shadow over many senior French government officials, especially those in office during French Socialist President Francois Mitterrand's
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French authorities leading the so-called "Angolagate" inquiry into illicit arms sales.
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Dubbing the affair "Angolagate", the independent press in Angola has reported that Swiss authorities are seeking to hand over the contents of government figures 'accounts to humanitarian organisations working in the country.
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Last October, the French courts sentenced both men (Gaydamak in absentia) to six years for their role in 'Angolagate'.
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The trafficking was at the heart of a vast case dubbed "Angolagate" that involved corruption at the highest levels of France's government.
FOXNews.com 2009
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Moreover, the "Angolagate" trial, as the French call it, has strained relations between France and the oil-rich former Portuguese colony.
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The scandal known as "Angolagate" dates back to 1993, when a peace deal fell apart and fighting with Unita resumed.
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Dubbed "Angolagate" by the French press, the long-running affair has cast a shadow over a raft of senior government officials, including many who served during Mitterrand's two-term Socialist presidency from 1981 to 1995.
iac world news feed 2008
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