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ANKARA France's highest appeals court on Wednesday upheld the corruption conviction of former President Nicolas Sarkozy, ordering him to wear an electronic tag for a year, local media reported. The Court of Cassation confirmed the verdict against Sarkozy in the "Bismuth affair," ordering him to wear an electronic bracelet for the span of a year, a first for a president in the country, according to broadcaster BFMTV. Sarkozy will not be able to appeal the decision again in France, though his