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Sarkozy faces questions

Angelique Chrisafis

Paris: French Presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy is struggling to reassert his image as a humble man of the people after newspaper allegations that he benefited from a substantial discount on a luxury apartment in Paris's wealthiest suburb. The Interior Minister and presidential hopeful has denied he received a discount on his former flat or made a business deal with property developers — accusations which could damage his campaign as the champion of a new morally ``irreproachable'' France. His allies complained of a dirty tricks campaign, saying allegations were dragging France's election race into the gutter. —

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