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Did Gaddafi die at the hands of a French secret agent?

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A year after his death, fresh leads suggest the former Libyan leader could have been killed by a French secret agent. Corriere della Sera and The Daily Telegraph suggest that Nicolas Sarkozy's government were eager to silence the colonel. We also take a look at the former UMP minister who compared France's last president to the messiah himself.

MEDIAWATCH
By Olivia SALAZAR WINSPEAR
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