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Strauss-Kahn lawyer demands dismissal of suit
Mar 28, 2012 14:37 EDT
A lawyer for Dominique Strauss-Kahn asked a US judge Wednesday to dismiss a civil suit brought by a New York hotel maid, saying the disgraced French politician had diplomatic immunity when he allegedly assaulted her.
Strauss-Kahn sex case returns to US court
Mar 28, 2012 12:04 EDT
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, accused of pimping in France, faced new legal worries across the Atlantic on Wednesday, with the first hearing in a US civil suit accusing him of sexual assault.
Strauss-Kahn case returns to US court
Mar 28, 2012 09:01 EDT
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, mired in legal trouble in his native France, faces new courtroom worries across the Atlantic on Wednesday, with the first hearing in a US civil suit.
Allies turn away as Strauss-Kahn battles sex charges
Mar 27, 2012 12:57 EDT
Former allies of disgraced ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn distanced themselves Tuesday, less that a month before presidential elections, as his lawyers fiercely denied pimping charges.
Ex-allies seek distance from Strauss-Kahn
Mar 27, 2012 08:08 EDT
Former political allies of disgraced ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to distance themselves on Tuesday after he was charged with pimping less than a month before presidential elections.
France's Strauss-Kahn charged in prostitution vice ring
Mar 27, 2012 02:36 EDT
Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was charged with involvement in an organised vice ring that procured prostitutes for top-class clients, lawyers said.
France's Strauss-Kahn charged in prostitution vice ring
Mar 26, 2012 18:53 EDT
Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was charged on Monday with involvement in an organised vice ring that procured prostitutes for top-class clients, lawyers said.
France's Strauss-Kahn charged in vice ring
Mar 26, 2012 17:15 EDT
Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was charged Monday with involvement in an organised vice ring that procured prostitutes for top-class clients, lawyers said.
New York hearing on Strauss-Kahn lawsuit set for March
Feb 23, 2012 12:37 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers for former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique-Strauss-Kahn will appear before a New York judge in March to defend against a civil lawsuit filed by the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault.
First US hearing in Strauss-Kahn civil case set
Feb 22, 2012 17:52 EST
The first court hearing in the US civil case being brought against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will take place March 15, court officials said Wednesday.
New York hotel maids to be given 'panic buttons'
Feb 08, 2012 17:06 EST
Large New York hotels plan to equip their housekeepers and staff with portable alarms so they get help quickly in case of trouble, officials said Wednesday.
New York City hotels to give panic buttons to maids
Feb 08, 2012 12:08 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hotels in New York City have agreed to give housekeepers personal panic buttons in the wake of a hotel maid's charge she was sexually assaulted by former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
NY hotel admits staff rejoiced after Strauss-Kahn sex affair
Nov 27, 2011 14:25 EST
The New York hotel where Dominique Strauss-Kahn was accused of sexually assaulting a maid admitted Sunday reports that its employees congratulated each other after the incident but said this was unconnected.
France's ruling party denies role in DSK downfall
Nov 26, 2011 10:13 EST
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's ruling UMP party dismissed allegations on Saturday of a political plot to bring down disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, following an investigative report by a U.S. journalist.
France's ruling party denies role in Strauss-Kahn downfall
Nov 26, 2011 07:59 EST
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's ruling UMP party on Saturday dismissed allegations of a political plot to bring down disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, following an investigative report by a U.S. journalist.
Strauss-Kahn lawyer eyes plot in downfall
Nov 25, 2011 19:32 EST
Disgraced ex-IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn's lawyer on Friday suggested that a political plot could have been behind sex assault charges that brought down his client.
US secret agent testifies in Bout arms-dealing trial
Oct 19, 2011 22:14 EDT
An undercover US agent testified that he posed as a Colombian rebel pleading for weapons to fight American troops, and that Russian Viktor Bout personally drew up a shopping list that would make an army proud.
Accor eyes 200 new hotels in Asia by 2014
Oct 14, 2011 12:07 EDT
France's Accor, one of the world's biggest hotel groups, said Friday it plans to open more than 200 new properties in Asia within three years as it looks to cash in on the region's increasing affluence.
Analysis: Experts skeptical of Strauss-Kahn immunity claim
Sep 28, 2011 01:08 EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - On the afternoon of May 14, moments after authorities pulled Dominique Strauss-Kahn off an Air France flight on suspicion that he had tried to rape a hotel maid, the former International Monetary Fund chief pulled rank.
Strauss-Kahn claims immunity in US civil case
Sep 26, 2011 20:01 EDT
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn sought dismissal of a US civil case on Monday, claiming immunity from prosecution and saying the hotel maid's "false" sexual assault claims had hampered his efforts to right the global economy.
