France's former PM Édouard Balladur has been acquitted in a corruption trial over a submarine deal with Pakistan in the mid-1990s. Mr Balladur, 91, had faced charges of using commissions from the deal to fund a failed presidential bid in 1995. But former defence minister François Léotard was given »»»

NICOLAS Sarkozy has vowed to "go all the way" to clear his name after he was convicted of a "corruption pact" to bribe a judge. The former French President, 66, was earlier this week convicted of “corruption and influence peddling” after a three-week trial in Paris. Last night, he said: "I never be»»»