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Bernard Tapie, the former chairman of the French soccer team Olympique de Marseille, answers questions during a press conference in Marseille April 9, 2001. Tapie returns to the club as a minority
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Illustration of the Tour operator Club Med in El Gouna, Egypt on April 2009. Flamboyant French tycoon, actor and politician Bernard Tapie, former owner of Adidas and the Marseille football club, is
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