French ex-minister snared in influence peddling inquiry
<p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/french-ex-minister-snared-influence-peddling-inquiry-103827200.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_MiE3rquqQ2mta0CrVqeiw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-02-09T103827Z_1_BTRE8180TK900_RTROPTP_2_FRANCE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="French UMP deputy Eric Woerth attends the government question session at the National Assembly in Paris" align="left" title="French UMP deputy Eric Woerth attends the government question session at the National Assembly in Paris" border="0" /></a>PARIS (Reuters) - Former French budget minister Eric Woerth will be formally investigated over alleged influence peddling, said the public prosecutor, part of a wider judicial inquiry into billionaire L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt and political financing. Woerth is suspected of using his potion to secure a national merit award - the Legion d'Honneur - for the man who managed Bettencourt's fortune, after Woerth's wife was hired by the family's holding company. ...</p><br clear="all"/>
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