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Like in the case of former high profile political sex scandals, more women are coming out with allegations against the IMF chief. After the notorious incident involving him and the Times Square hotel chambermaid, its now the turn of a French journalist to ensure that Dominique Strauss-Kahn's presidential aspirations are jeopardised.

IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been sent to custody at New York's Rikers Island jail on charges of sexual assault.

Skeletons kept tumbling out of disgraced IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn even as his defenders maintained his adversaries framed him in the sex assault case in New York. Close on the heels of his fall from grace, a Paris woman said Strauss-Kahn had tried to rape her ten years ago. The 31-year-old woman, Tristane Banon, Strauss-Kahn's latest accuser, is the god-daughter of his second wife.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, was refused release on bail on charges of attempting to rape a hotel maid because he is considered a flight risk. As this allegation emerged, prosecutors are working to verify similar previous incident reports on sex charges against him.

IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a man accustomed to luxury hotel suites and first-class plane travel, will make his home for now at New York City's notorious Rikers Island jail.

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s sex scandal has captured the world’s attention and shocked his supporters back in France.

As Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s continued role as boss of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) appears doomed following his arrest on charges of rape in New York over the weekend, speculation grows on who will ultimately succeed him.

A judge in New York City had denied bail to IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who is in court facing charges of sexually assaulting a hotel chambermaid in Times Square on Saturday evening.

U.S. Dollar Gold Prices continued on Monday morning where they'd left off on Friday, zigzagging around $1495 while global stock markets fell along with major industrial commodities oil and copper.

The arrest over the weekend of Dominique Strauss-Kahn on charges of sexual assault has raised many troubling questions. Among them: does the IMF managing director have diplomatic immunity?

Dominique Strauss-Kahn is arrested in a foreign country, something that rarely happens in the Western world. He’s been accused of attempted rape, a serious crime that can potentially carry a stiff, multi-year sentence.

The meeting of euro zone finance ministers and other luminaries in Brussels, Belgium has been rocked by the arrest of International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn over the weekend in New York on sexual assault charges.

The arrest of International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on rape charges in New York over the weekend has not only rocked French politics, but has also raised the suspicion that he might have been set up.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund and a leading contender for the French Presidency in 2012, has an alibi as his defense team prepares on Monday to show evidence that he did not sexually attack a hotel worker in New York on Saturday.

IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who has been charged with a criminal sexual act, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment, will be arraigned on Monday.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a leading contender for the French presidency in 2012 and the head of the International Monetary Fund, will plead not guilty at Sunday afternoon arraignment after multiple charges were filed against him after allegations that he sexually attacked a hotel worker Saturday afternoon in New York.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was detained in New York on Saturday night on suspicions of committing a sexual assault on a hotel maid, is no stranger to such scandals.

IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn was detained in New York Saturday night after allegedly sexually assaulting a maid in his hotel.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and a possible French presidential candidate, was hauled off the Air France flight about 10 minutes before it was to take off at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Saturday afternoon and turned over to police for questioning in connection with an alleged sexual assault.