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Strauss-Kahn resigns from IMF
By Alan Beattie in Washington

Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned late on Wednesday night as managing director of the International Monetary Fund after being charged earlier this week with alleged sexual assault, saying that he wanted to protect the organisation and his family from further damage.

“I want to protect this institution which I have served with honor and devotion, and especially – especially – I want to devote all my strength, all my time, and all my energy to proving my innocence,” he said, in a statement posted on the IMF’s website.

Tendering a formal letter of resignation to the board, he insisted that he denied “with the greatest possible firmness all of the allegations that have been made against me.”

Mr Strauss-Kahn, who was charged earlier this week with sexual assault and other crimes against a hotel maid in New York City, had come under increasing pressure from finance ministers to stand aside.

The IMF said that John Lipsky, Mr Strauss-Kahn’s deputy, had already assumed his position as acting managing director and would continue to serve until a new managing director had been selected. Mr Strauss-Kahn, a former French finance minister, was appointed as IMF managing director in 2007.

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桉树熊

2011-5-20 01:00:05

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Sorry for just finding a passage of the timeline of this event on Reuters.
Strauss-Kahn's lawyers have denied the charges.

The scandal has appeared to wreck his hopes of running for president of France and has prompted calls for new leadership of the IMF which oversees the world economy.

Here is a timeline of events:

FRIDAY AFTERNOON - Strauss-Kahn checked into a $3,000 a night suite at the luxury Sofitel hotel in midtown Manhattan, which a law enforcement source said he was paying a discounted rate of $800.

The suite has a foyer, a conference room, a living room and a bedroom. The 30-storey hotel has an Art Deco restaurant and bar called Gaby, which the website (www.sofitel.com) says serves "French flair in a glamorous setting."

The hotel is near Times Square, Broadway theaters, Fifth Avenue shopping and Central Park.

SATURDAY ABOUT 12:00 P.M. EDT - A 32-year-old maid entered Strauss-Kahn's suite, room 2806, which she apparently thought was unoccupied.

Following routine procedure, the maid announced herself when she entered the suite, and left the front door to the suite unlocked and ajar, a law enforcement said. She entered the living room and saw nobody. Then she opened the door to the bedroom, where she saw Strauss Kahn, naked. She apologized and said she would come back later, and started to leave the room.

Strauss-Kahn allegedly ran after the maid and, according to the criminal complaint filed by prosecutors, shut the door of his hotel room, preventing her from leaving. He grabbed the victim's chest without consent, attempted to remove her pantyhose, and forcibly grabbed the victim's vaginal area. His penis made contact with the victim's mouth twice through the use of force, prosecutors said.

The woman fled and reported the incident to her supervisor who called police. Strauss-Kahn left the hotel, leaving behind his mobile phone.

An ambulance was called to the hotel and the woman was taken to a hospital where she was treated and released.

SATURDAY, 12.28 P.M. - Strauss-Kahn checked out of the Sofitel hotel, according to court papers filed by his lawyers with the New York State Supreme Court on Wednesday.

SATURDAY, 12.45 P.M. - Strauss-Kahn "proceeded to a previously scheduled lunch a few blocks away" from the Sofitel hotel, according to the court papers.

SATURDAY, about 1:30 P.M. - Security staff at the Sofitel called police to report the alleged sexual assault, a law enforcement source told Reuters. The first police units arrived at the hotel at 1:45 pm, the source said.

SATURDAY, TIME UNKNOWN - "Strauss-Kahn was driven to John F. Kennedy International Airport to catch an Air France flight to Paris, which was scheduled to depart at 4:40 p.m. A seat for Mr. Strauss-Kahn had been reserved on that particular flight approximately one week in advance," court papers filed by defense lawyers said.

SATURDAY, about 3.30 P.M. - Strauss-Kahn called the hotel to ask about his missing mobile phone.

Police were still at the hotel and asked the staff member speaking to Strauss-Kahn to tell him an urgent effort would be made to return the phone. Strauss-Kahn told the hotel staff member to bring the phone to him at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

SATURDAY, TIME UNKNOWN - Strauss-Kahn boarded Air France flight 23 for Paris at New York's JFK airport and was seated in the first class section. He had been due to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Europe on Sunday and attend meetings on the region's debt crisis on Monday.

SATURDAY about 4:40 P.M. - Police from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which manages the bridges, tunnels and airports in the area, boarded the flight minutes before it was due to depart and detained Strauss-Kahn. He was not handcuffed.

The Port Authority police turned him over to New York Police Department detectives from the Midtown South Precinct, which covers the area of Manhattan where the Sofitel hotel is located. They handcuffed him.

Strauss-Kahn made no statements and requested a lawyer. He was taken to the NYPD's Special Victims Unit in the Harlem neighborhood, where he was kept in a room reserved for questioning. He made no statements and declined any food. The Special Victims Unit investigates sex crimes.

SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY MORNING, TIME UNKNOWN - The consul general of France met with Strauss-Kahn under the regular rules of consular protection for all French citizens detained abroad, said Marie-Laure Charrier, a spokeswoman for the French consulate in New York.

SUNDAY 1:15 A.M. - Brafman told Reuters in an email that the IMF chief would plead not guilty.

Brafman is a high-profile criminal lawyer who was part of Michael Jackson's legal team that successfully defended the pop singer against child molestation charges in 2005. Brafman also won an acquittal on weapons and bribery charges for rap mogul Sean "P. Diddy" Combs.

SUNDAY 2:15 A.M. - Strauss-Kahn was arrested and charged with a criminal sexual act, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment. Strauss-Kahn spent the night at the Special Victims Unit, which is on the second floor of a red brick and concrete building, sleeping in a chair with his feet propped up in another chair.

SUNDAY MORNING, TIME UNKNOWN - Strauss-Kahn ate a breakfast of home fries, scrambled eggs and toast brought in from an outside diner, a law enforcement said.

SUNDAY 11 A.M. - Strauss-Kahn's wife, French television personality Anne Sinclair, said in a statement: "I do not believe for a single second the accusations leveled against my husband ... I do not doubt his innocence will be established."

SUNDAY 1 P.M. - Strauss-Kahn's lawyers, Brafman and William Taylor, arrived and spent half an hour with their client. Brafman again said Strauss-Kahn would plead not guilty.

SUNDAY 2 P.M. - Sofitel New York manager Jorge Tito said in a statement sent by property owner Accor in Paris that the maid who made the allegations had worked for the hotel for three years and was "completely satisfactory in terms of her work and behavior."

SUNDAY 3.30 P.M. - Brafman and Taylor arrived and spent 45 minutes with Strauss-Kahn.

SUNDAY 3.50 P.M. - The maid arrived at the Special Victims Unit in a van and shielded by police with a white sheet from photographers. She spent 40 minutes there. She identified Strauss-Kahn in a lineup, a NYPD spokesman said. "It was a standard lineup -- six people," he said.

SUNDAY, TIME UNKNOWN - Strauss-Kahn ate a ham and cheese sandwich with mustard and drinks a bottle of water, a law enforcement source said.

SUNDAY 10.30 P.M. - Strauss-Kahn's lawyers told reporters on the steps of Manhattan Criminal Court that his court appearance had been postponed so he could undergo a "scientific and forensic" examination that had been requested by investigators. Taylor said Strauss-Kahn was "tired but fine."

SUNDAY 11 P.M. - A handcuffed Strauss-Kahn, wearing black pants, a blue dress shirt and a black overcoat, was escorted from the Special Victims Unit by detectives. He was taken to Kings County Hospital in the New York City borough of Brooklyn where he was examined by forensic technicians who specialize in investigating sexual assault cases.

MONDAY about 3.30 A.M - Strauss-Kahn's mug shot was taken at the Manhattan Criminal Court building detention center, best known as "The Tombs," where he spent the night. The photo showed him looking haggard, his eyes downcast and his shirt collar open.

MONDAY 10.50 A.M. - Strauss-Kahn entered Manhattan Criminal Court for his hearing. Before his appearance, other defendants appeared before the judge in the media-packed courtroom on charges including drug possession, criminal trespassing and delinquency.

Strauss-Kahn appeared to be dressed in the same clothes he was wearing on Sunday and looked tired and grim.

MONDAY 12 P.M - Strauss-Kahn was denied bail. He is due to reappear in court on May 20.

MONDAY, TIME UNKNOWN - Strauss-Kahn was transferred to Rikers Island jail and held in protective custody in an 11 foot by 13 foot (3.35 meter by 4 meter) cell, a spokesman for the New York City Department of Correction said.

TUESDAY, TIME UNKNOWN - At Strauss-Kahn's request, the French consul general visited him at Rikers Island jail, a consul spokesman said.

WEDNESDAY, TIME UNKNOWN - The French consul general again visited Strauss-Kahn, a consul spokesman said.

WEDNESDAY, TIME UNKNOWN - Strauss-Kahn's lawyers lodged an appeal seeking bail with the New York State Supreme Court. They want him released on bail of $1 million in cash and placed under 24-hour home detention with electronic monitoring, according to the court papers. A bail hearing is due to be held on Thursday. It is unclear whether Strauss-Kahn will attend.

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whachel1976

2011-5-20 01:46:23

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Mr Strauss-Kahn's lawyers have said their client denies all the charges.

They will propose $1m cash bail, with their client staying under home detention in Manhattan with electronic monitoring.

He was denied bail on Monday and faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted.

The maid testified today in front of a grand jury that must decide if there is enough evidence to try the French politician.

Her lawyer Jeff Shapiro refused comment on the closed-door proceedings but hit back at claims his client was part of an elaborate set-up intended to bring down the head of the International Monetary Fund.

Legally restricted from providing details on supposed evidence that could incriminate Strauss-Kahn, Shapiro shot down suggestions from the IMF chief's defense lawyers that the maid willingly consented to sex.

'There's been a lot of things stated out here of conspiracy theories and various other things and they are not true,' Mr Shapiro told CNN.

'The most important thing is for her to be vindicated. She has no other agenda other than to tell the truth and to be able to live her life the way she did before this event took place.'

Mr Strauss-Kahn is being incarcerated in an isolated holding cell in the infamous Rikers Island jail on New York's East River awaiting the grand jury's decision, which expected on Friday.

Meanwhile, Mr Strauss-Kahn is facing growing pressure to resign after the US Treasury Secretary said he should no longer lead the powerful financial institution.

'He's obviously not in the position to run the IMF,' Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said in response to a question at a New York conference.

It was the first public comments by the treasury secretary about Mr Strauss-Kahn.

IMF spokesman William Murray said the Washington-based organisation has not been in touch with Mr Strauss-Kahn since his arrest in the first-class section of an Air France jet on Saturday afternoon.

'We have not had contact with the managing director since his arrest in New York,' Mr Murray said in a statement.

'Obviously, it will be important to be in contact with him in due course. We are aware of widespread speculation about the managing director's status.'

British Foreign Secretary William Hague said it is important that the IMF can continue to do its work, but said his government has not taken a view on whether Mr Strauss-Kahn should resign.

Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Mr Hague said Mr Strauss-Kahn is in a 'very difficult position' and will have to make his 'own decision about his future'.

Mr Strauss-Kahn is accused of sexually assaulting a maid who entered his room at the Sofitel Hotel believing it was empty.

The 62-year-old allegedly emerged from the shower naked and tried to force himself on the woman, who was eventually able to fend off the attacks and run out of the room.

The 32-year-old woman has not been identified and has not spoken publicly about the alleged incident.

However, Mr Shapiro told CNN that his client was suffering from 'extraordinary' trauma.

On Monday, a judge refused to grant bail to the head of the IMF, saying he posed a flight risk because he might try to escape to France.

Keywords: dominique strauss-kahn, imf, timothy geithner, new york, sofitel hotel, rikers island

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bengdi1986

2011-5-20 06:57:35

10,10
the president of IMF is cool,I stand in the line with him.

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达濠仁

2011-5-20 07:19:27

10，10
这新形式让手机党情何以堪啊啊啊。。。
lz大人，之前那种形式好！！！

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erlangshen

2011-5-20 07:57:28

4.4 come on !

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旅途8694

2011-5-20 08:02:08

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Strauss-Kahn hotel sex case delayed for tests; maid ID'd him in lineup
The court date for a French political big-shot accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid was put off until tomorrow while authorities examine him at a hospital for evidence.
Lawyers for International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was yanked off a jet and arrested in the alleged sodomy attack of a hotel maid yesterday, said their client agreed to a "scientific and forensic examination" that will be conducted tonight.
The 62-year-old had been expected to be arraigned tonight on charges a criminal sex act, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment.
IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is taken out of a police station tonight. He faces charges he sexually assaulted a Manhattan hotel maid.
"Our client willing consented to a scientific and forensic examination tonight at the request of the government," said one of Strauss-Kahn's attorneys, Bill Taylor. His client is "tired, but he's fine."
Earlier today, the maid identified Strauss-Kahn out of a police lineup, cops said. His lawyers say Strauss-Kahn denies any wrongdoing and will plead not guilty.
Strauss-Kahn was arrested last night for allegedly sodomizing the hotel maid yesterday -- hauled off an Air France flight just moments before takeoff from Kennedy Airport, police sources said.
Three Port Authority detectives pulled Strauss-Kahn from the plane's first-class cabin just two minutes before it was due to depart for Paris, according to the police sources.
Strauss-Kahn -- who was expected to challenge French President Nicholas Sarkozy in the 2012 election -- was turned over to NYPD officers and brought to the Special Victims Unit's uptown squad room.
The trouble began at around 1 p.m. yesterday when a 32-year-old housekeeper entered Strauss-Kahn's $3,000-a-night suite at the luxury Sofitel on West 44th Street -- apparently unaware he was still inside.
The married Strauss-Kahn was in the bathroom, and emerged naked, chased her down a hallway and pulled her into a bedroom, where "he jumps her," a source said.
"She pulled away from him and he dragged her down a hallway into the bathroom where he engaged in a criminal sexual act, according to her account to detectives," Browne said. "He tried to lock her into the hotel room."
Soon afterward, Strauss-Kahn got dressed and headed off to JFK for a flight to Paris.
When he was approached on the plane by Port Authority cops, he said, "What is this about?" sources said. He was taken off the aircraft without handcuffs.
Two law-enforcement sources said Strauss-Kahn was trying to flee authorities. Police said he left his cellphone and other personal items in the room.
"It looked like he got out of there in a hurry," Browne said.
Strauss-Kahn, who had a meeting planned for today with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, has an arrangement with Air France that allows him to get on any flight and sit in first class, the sources said. He was traveling alone.
Browne said Strauss-Kahn does not have diplomatic immunity. He was expected to be brought to court today.
The victim was taken to Roosevelt Hospital, where she was treated for trauma.
The shocking arrest came hours after a Socialist Party ally of Strauss-Kahn accused Sarkozy of kicking off a smear campaign against his longtime rival -- focusing on his lavish lifestyle, including his preference for suits from the same tailor favored by President Obama.
"There is now a totally structured and orchestrated campaign, which has already been announced by Mr. Sarkozy and his closest allies, to attack the character of Strauss-Kahn," Socialist politician Jean-Marie Le Guen told Europe 1 radio.
Strauss-Kahn's stint at the helm of the IMF in Washington does not officially end until September 2012, several months after the scheduled date of France's presidential vote.
But the French political world has been buzzing with speculation that the man popularly known as "DSK" would bring a premature end to his tenure and throw his hat in the ring. And some opinion polls suggested he would win.
In France's 2007 elections, Strauss-Kahn lost the Socialist nomination to Segolene Royal, who in turn was defeated in the general election by Sarkozy, leader of the right-wing Union for a Popular Movement.
But Sarkozy, who still sees Strauss-Kahn as his likeliest electoral rival, is believed to have maneuvered Strauss-Kahn out of France by backing him to head the Washington-based IMF.
A spokeswoman for the State Department had no comment, nor did a spokesperson for the French Embassy.
Caroline Atkinson, an IMF spokeswoman, issued a statement this morning that said the agency would have no comment on the New York case. She referred all inquiries to Strauss-Kahn’s personal lawyer and said the “IMF remains fully functioning and operational.“

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雪域风华

2011-5-20 08:14:13

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Bail Granted to Ex-I.M.F. Chief in Assault Case
By JOHN ELIGON

A judge granted Dominique Strauss-Kahn bail on Thursday, allowing the former managing director of the International Monetary Fund to be freed from Rikers Island to stay in a Manhattan apartment while his sexual assault case is pending.

Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s lawyers filed a new application for his release in State Supreme Court on Wednesday night, reiterating their client’s earlier offer to put up $1 million cash bail and wear an ankle monitor. The new application also said that Mr. Strauss-Kahn would remain under 24-hour home confinement in the apartment recently rented by his wife, with an armed guard posted outside — presumably to ensure he stays inside. He also submitted a waiver of extradition, should the American authorities need to get him back from France.

The judge, Justice Michael J. Obus of State Supreme Court in Manhattan, agreed to those conditions, also requiring $5 million bond to be posted.

After setting Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s bail conditions, Justice Obus issued him a stern warning.
“Mr. Strauss-Kahn, I assume you’re going to be posting this in due course,” he said. “You will be subject to and you will have the benefit of the protection of the criminal court system, the criminal justice system of this state and this country. I expect you will be here.”

If there is the “slightest problem with your compliance,” Justice Obus added, he could change the conditions of the bail and could even withdraw it.

Before the judge gave his decision, prosecutors announced that a grand jury indicted Mr. Strauss-Kahn on charges related to the alleged sexual assault of a hotel housekeeper at the Sofitel New York.

The charges included several first-degree felony counts, including committing a criminal sex act, attempted rape and sexual abuse; the most serious charges carry 25-year prison terms.

Mr. Strauss-Kahn was placed in protective custody on Rikers Island after his arraignment on Monday; he has since been placed under suicide watch for precautionary reasons.

Mr. Strauss-Kahn was escorted into the courtroom at about 2:30 p.m., looking much better than he had in his previous court appearance. He wore a gray suit with a baby blue shirt and was clean-shaven. He gave a toothless grin and nod to his wife, Anne Sinclair, and daughter, Camille Strauss-Kahn, who were sitting in the front row.

Reporters started lining up outside the courtroom more than two hours before the start of the hearing. About 100 of them squeezed inside the courtroom, some even sitting in the jury box alongside sketch artists and photographers.

There was some rumbling around 2:15 when Ms. Sinclair, strode into the courtroom, clutching her daughter’s hand. Ms. Sinclair wore a gray dress with a dark blazer, and cocoa-colored, patent leather platform heels.

In a sign, perhaps, of the seriousness with which prosecutors are treating the case, Artie McConnell, the assistant district attorney assigned to the case, was accompanied by Daniel R. Alonso, the chief assistant district attorney, and Lisa Friel, the chief of the office’s sex crimes unit.

Mr. McConnell began by reiterating the prosecution’s objection to bail being set. As he had argued during the Criminal Court arraignment on Monday, Mr. McConnell said that the evidence against Mr. Strauss-Kahn was compelling and that he had the means to flee.

“He has the stature and the resources not to be a fugitive on the run,” Mr. McConnell said, but to “live a life of ease and comfort in parts of the world that are beyond” the jurisdiction of the court and the United States.

Even though Mr. Strauss-Kahn said he had lunch with a family member, Mr. McConnell said his exit from the hotel was “unusually hasty.”

The prosecutor added that Mr. Strauss-Kahn “has shown a propensity for impulsive criminal conduct.” Mr. Strauss-Kahn gently shook his head in response.

Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s lawyers argued that the proposed bail package was comprehensive enough to allow his release from Rikers. One of his lawyers, William W. Taylor III, said that the defense has hired a security team that would provide video monitoring, an ankle bracelet to monitor his movements, and an armed guard at the entrance and exit of the building.

“There is really nothing more restrictive that can be accomplished along these lines,” Mr. Taylor said in court.

Mr. Taylor also criticized the district attorney’s office, saying they had been unreasonable in bail negotiations. They have been resistant, Mr. Taylor said, even though the security team was one that Mr. Alonso, the chief assistant district attorney, recommended.

The prosecutions position “simply has been, ‘No, no, no,’ ” Mr. Taylor said. “Not that any one of these is inadequate or insufficient. It’s simply no.”

His release came after Melissa Jackson, the chief judge of Manhattan Criminal Court, denied him bail on Monday, agreeing with prosecutors that Mr. Strauss-Kahn, a French citizen who was thought to be the leading contender to become France’s next president, presented too great of a flight risk.

Benjamin Brafman, who also represents Mr. Strauss-Kahn, but was in Israel on a family matter, said he was “delighted with the court’s decision.”

“It was the only fair thing to do,” he said.

Filing the new application Wednesday was an unusual move in that it was done before Mr. Strauss-Kahn found out whether he was indicted. Typically, if a defendant is held without bail after appearing in criminal court, that person’s lawyer waits until after an indictment, when all the charges are clear, to ask for new bail.

News reports out of France have expressed some dismay that Mr. Strauss-Kahn has been paraded around in handcuffs before the cameras, looking unshaven, glum and tormented.

“He sexually assaulted her and attempted to forcibly rape her,” and when that failed, he forced her to perform oral sex, Mr. McConnell said in court on Monday.

Mr. McConnell said preliminary indications were that forensic evidence was consistent with a detailed account of the attack that the woman gave.

But a person briefed on the case has said that the defense may argue that any sexual encounter was consensual.

The defense has hired Stroz Friedberg a respected investigative consulting firm that focuses primarily on computer forensics and cybercrime investigations, to handle the security measures for Mr. Strauss-Kahn. The firm provided similar monitoring for Bernard L. Madoff.

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代号白头翁

2011-5-20 08:16:28

今天我来的早，楼主贴的更早

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h81757825

2011-5-20 08:18:06

follow 2,2
明白了额

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xncd92

2011-5-20 08:21:20

他想证明他无辜，但是不可能，这个本身就不需要证明。

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雪域风华

2011-5-20 08:25:01

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Bail Granted to Ex-I.M.F. Chief in Assault Case
By JOHN ELIGON
Published: May 19, 2011

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风马牛不相及

2011-5-20 08:27:19

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Despite what DSK's French apologists say, the only conspiracy in this case was the conspiracy of silence among the French Socialists and the news media about his long, sordid history as a serial abuser of women. This is finally starting to become public, but no thanks to the French Socialists, who even told the young female members to keep quiet about his attacks on them. The French think this type of silence is a mark of "sophistication" - but it is what gave license to DSK to continue his attacks. And now they are all shocked that this conduct has earned him equal treatment to that of the mere proletariat when accused of a serious crime, instead of the preferential treatment his membership in the French "elite" would award him if this were taking place in Paris.

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gaper808

2011-5-20 08:30:12

8.8
这种形式也很好，顶一个

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zhengwenyi

2011-5-20 08:40:04

9-9.。。今天我来晚了

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粄1394

2011-5-20 09:07:38

10,9
the Internet environment in our school doesn't work well...Just read other users' article

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kfc456

2011-5-20 09:11:25

这个形式新颖。
resigns 下课，挂了

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muhouxiaotian

2011-5-20 09:11:30

能读懂但是不能说英文 ~

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qiqini008

2011-5-20 09:19:16

follow 10,10
哈，又差一步，坐到前面看看

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cglee

2011-5-20 09:19:56

Ex-IMF Chief Makes Bail; Scramble Over Successor Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will be released Friday from a New York jail where he has been locked up since Monday on charges he sexually assaulted a hotel maid. The decision capped a frenzied week at the IMF as world powers scrambled to name a successor to a fallen leader once credited with revitalizing the international institution. State Supreme Court Judge Michael Obus agreed over the objections of prosecutors on Thursday to release Mr. Strauss-Kahn on a package that included a $1 million cash bail, a $5 million bond and 24-hour home confinement in a Manhattan apartment rented by his wife at an undisclosed address. The detention will be enforced by video surveillance and at least one armed guard. Turning to the French diplomat, the judge said, "you will be subjected to and you will have the benefit of the protection of the criminal court system....I expect that you will be here for the occasion."
The most serious of the charges against Mr. Strauss-Kahn, criminal sexual act, carries up to 25 years in prison, though lawyers have said that even if he went to trial and was convicted on that charge, he'd be unlikely to serve a sentence that high. He hasn't yet entered a plea but his lawyer said his greatest interest "is to clear his name."
After the 62-year-old Mr. Strauss-Kahn resigned from the IMF late Wednesday, saying he was leaving to "protect the institution," the battle for the top job kicked into high gear, with France and Germany defending Europe's traditional role in filling the post and emerging nations arguing now is their time to lead the institution.
Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will be released Friday from a New York jail where he has been locked up since Monday on charges he sexually assaulted a hotel maid. Tamer El-Ghobashy discusses.

The question of who will succeed Mr. Strauss-Kahn as IMF managing director comes as the global balance of economic power is shifting. Europeans argue that the urgency of solving their own problems, including their sovereign-debt crisis that threatens the global economy, argue for placing a European in the job.
On Thursday, the European Central Bank warned it may pull the plug on funding for Greek banks in the event of any restructuring of Greece's government debt, an escalation in what until now had been a behind-the-scenes dispute.
The U.S., the IMF's single largest shareholder, isn't supporting the developing countries' call for a change in course. The U.S. position could mean the next IMF chief is a European, as has been the case since the organization was founded six decades ago.
While other high-profile European names have surfaced, including European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet, Christine Lagarde, a corporate lawyer who has been France's finance minister since 2007 has emerged as the front-runner for the job.
Judge Obus' decision came after prosecutors revealed a grand jury indicted Mr. Strauss-Kahn, who entered the hearing through a rear door of the courtroom in a gray suit and a light blue dress shirt. He smiled in the direction of his wife and daughter, who were at the front of the courtroom, before sitting somberly through the proceedings.
The judge said that there is "a serious risk" that Mr. Strauss-Kahn could attempt to flee the country and that it would be difficult to extradite him from France. But he said he was willing to grant bail given the security proposal outlined by Mr. Strauss-Kahn's lawyer.
Mr. Strauss-Kahn could have visitors to the apartment, in a number to be determined by the security firm, which would escort him to appointments, including with his lawyers. If he tried to escape, the guards would restrain him, said his lawyer, William Taylor, calling the plan "the most restrictive possible conditions."
Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn sat during his bail hearing at State Supreme Court in New York Thursday.

The indictment, which mirrors the charges initially filed following his arrest, charges Mr. Strauss-Kahn with two counts of a criminal sexual act in the first degree, attempted rape in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first and third degrees, unlawful imprisonment in the second degree and forcible touching. Several of the charges are high-level felonies.
A prosecutor with the Manhattan district attorney's office, John McConnell, had opposed bail, saying his office hadn't had time to review the proposal, and he called Mr. Strauss-Kahn an "existential" risk to flee based on his "access to enormous resources and a network of contacts around the world."
But Mr. Taylor said his client didn't run from the scene. He left the Sofitel hotel at 12:25 p.m. on Saturday, about a half-hour after the alleged attack, and about 20 minutes later sat down for lunch with a relative at a restaurant near the hotel in midtown Manhattan, "in plain view of the entire world." He took a taxi to the airport about 2:15 p.m., Mr. Taylor said.
Mr. Taylor said Mr. Strauss-Kahn has about $2 million in assets, including an account "in the low seven figures" in the U.S. His wife, Anne Sinclair, has "substantially greater" assets, including ownership of a $4 million home in Washington.
—Ashby Jones contributed to this article.

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2011-5-20 09:29:18

10，10原文地址：http://www.bloomberg.com/news/20 ... ance-u-s-norms.html

Strauss-Kahn ‘Perp Walk,’ Naming Victim Divide France, U.S.

The New York “perp walk” of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, charged with sexually assaulting a hotel maid,
underscores the differences in U.S. and French norms that are causing misunderstandings between the two countries.

Images of a haggard Strauss-Kahn in handcuffs being led away by police officers created an uproar in France. Meanwhile, the name of the alleged victim was published in French newspapers, something the mainstream U.S. press has refrained from doing to conserve her privacy.

“There are certain cultural mores which plainly differ between France and the U.S.,” said Floyd Abrams, a partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP in New York. In the U.S., “after someone is arrested, he is treated as public person so there is not the view of it being a violation of privacy.”

Strauss-Kahn, 62, until this week the head of the International Monetary Fund and a leading French presidential contender, was granted bail yesterday after being held at New York’s Rikers Island jail complex following his arraignment May 16 on charges he attempted to rape a hotel maid in Manhattan. He has denied the charges.

French television stations, which initially ran footage of the handcuffed, unshaven Strauss-Kahn being led to his arraignment -- popularly known to New Yorkers as the perp walk- - were asked by the Conseil Superieur de l’Audiovisuel, the broadcast authority, to exercise “the greatest restraint” in showing the images.

Former Culture Minister Jack Lang called the coverage a “lynching.” Former Justice Minister Elisabeth Guigou called it “absolutely shocking.” Guigou was behind a 2000 law that bars French media from showing suspects in handcuffs, on grounds that it undermines their presumption of innocence.
American Way

That’s not how it’s seen in America.

“The perp walk is a pretty much honored part of the legal process,” said Robert Balin, a partner with Davis Wright Tremaine LLP in New York. “In the U.S., it is serving the public interest for the public to be seeing the beginning of the judicial process and serves as a deterrent effect.”

For the U.S., the public’s right to know about an arrest is paramount, while in France the privacy -- even of a criminal suspect -- takes precedence.

“For the moment, the French media has been very restrained” in avoiding saying or writing anything to imply guilt, said Dominique de Leusse de Syon, a member of Strauss- Kahn’s legal team. “The problem is the images, whether they convey Mr. Strauss-Kahn as guilty.”
Naming the Victim

Strauss-Kahn’s indictment, made public yesterday, has seven counts including criminal sex act; attempted rape; sexual abuse; unlawful imprisonment; and forcible touching. He is scheduled to be arraigned in New York on June 6. Defense lawyers said Strauss-Kahn will plead not guilty.

France’s ban on showing perp walks might not survive a challenge at the European Court of Human Rights, said Christophe Bigot, a French media lawyer.

“The law is completely against freedom of the press,” he said. While there have been convictions in France under the law, no one so far has taken a challenge to Human Rights Court in Strasbourg, France.

Meanwhile,
some French media have named Strauss-Kahn’s accuser.
U.S. media have only gone as far as identifying her as a 32-year-old immigrant from Guinea who goes by Ophelia, which is not her real name.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that
the
press can’t be barred from printing the name of rape victims, although states have shield laws protecting them.
Protecting Victims

Hiding their name has a long history in American journalism, said Sandra Baron, executive director of the Media Law Resource Center in New York.

“Sexual abuse victims will be far more reluctant to come forward and make the claim if they know their identity will be made known to the community at large,” she said. “In an effort to protect the victims, and to encourage their coming forward and reporting criminal sexual assaults, the authorities and the press have not identified them, for the most part.”

Le Figaro, France’s leading morning newspaper, named the alleged victim only after other media had done the same, said Philippe Gelie, editor-in-chief and former Washington bureau chief.

“It’s something that we did struggle with, and it’s something we don’t normally do, but we figured it wouldn’t harm her to have her name in a French newspaper,” he said. “Our paper is not that well distributed in New York.”
Public Interest

Afternoon newspaper Le Monde and news magazine Le Nouvel Observateur didn’t return calls seeking comment on why they chose to publish her full name. Newspaper Liberation said in yesterday’s issue that it wouldn’t divulge her name.

“Some in the press have contended that it is unfair to the accused to identify him or her, but not to allow public exposure of the accuser,” Baron said.

In a case like this where Balin says “the public interest is exceedingly strong,” he and Abrams agree it is only a matter of time before her name and photo appear in major U.S. press outlets.

“Surely we’ll be seeing a picture of her soon,” said Abrams.

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eaglestar

2011-5-20 09:43:44

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Geithner's view of Strauss-Kahn from BBC
Dominique Strauss-Kahn is "not in a position to run" the International Monetary Fund after his arrest over an alleged sexual assault, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has said.

Mr Geithner said the IMF's executive board should designate an interim head.

The alleged assault on a maid happened at New York's luxury Sofitel hotel on 14 May.

Mr Strauss-Kahn - who denies the claims - has been put on suicide watch in the city's infamous Rikers Island prison.

As a precaution, guards are required to check on him every 15 to 30 minutes.

'Honest woman'

The 62-year-old, who had been seen as a favourite in France's 2012 presidential elections, faces seven charges and could be sentenced to up to 25 years in jail.

The defence offered to post $1m (£617,000) bail, with Mr Strauss-Kahn to stay at his daughter's address in New York until the next hearing on Friday. However, a New York judge rejected the application.

"It's not just my opinion that this woman is honest," Jeffrey Shapiro said. "The New York City Police Department (NYPD) reached the same conclusion. This is a woman with no agenda."

Addressing the Harvard Club in New York on Tuesday, Mr Geithner said the most important thing for the IMF was that it found a leader to fill Mr Strauss-Kahn's shoes.

"He is obviously not in a position to run the IMF," Mr Geithner said.

"It is important that the board of the IMF formally put in place for an interim period someone to act as managing director."

It is the first time that a top official from President Barack Obama's administration has publicly spoken about the impact of Mr Strauss-Kahn's alleged sexual assault.

However, Mr Geithner refused to comment on the case or the details of the charges against Mr Strauss-Kahn.

Since Mr Strauss-Kahn's arrest last Saturday, his deputy John Lipsky has been serving as acting managing director of the global lending agency.

Mr Geithner refused to be drawn on the legal challenges facing Mr Strauss-Kahn Washington has a major say in determining who runs the IMF, because it has the largest number of votes in the organisation.

Mr Strauss-Kahn is not due back in court until Friday - and there are growing calls for the IMF to fill the leadership vacuum, the BBC's Steve Kingstone in Washington reports.

Earlier, Austrian Finance Minister Maria Fekter said Mr Strauss-Kahn was "hurting" the organisation.

West African immigrant

More details have been emerging about the woman who accused Mr Strauss-Kahn of assaulting her in the suite at the Sofitel hotel near Times Square.

Prosecution list of charges
Jeffrey Shapiro said she was an immigrant from the West African nation of Guinea. She arrived in the US seven years ago and was living with her teenage daughter.

Mr Shapiro said her story was "consistent" because she was telling the truth.

"There is no way in which there is any aspect of this event which could be construed consensual in any manner. This is nothing other than a physical, sexual assault by this man on this young woman."

Mr Shapiro also said that his client only became aware of who Mr Strauss-Kahn was after the police were called.

According to the NYPD, the maid told officers that when she entered his suite on Saturday afternoon, Mr Strauss-Kahn emerged from the bathroom naked, chased her and sexually assaulted her.

The woman was able to break free and alert the authorities, a NYPD spokesman added.

Later on Saturday, Mr Strauss-Kahn was detained on board an Air France flight at New York's John F Kennedy airport minutes before take-off.

The IMF chief underwent medical examinations on Sunday. Police were looking for scratches or any other evidence of his alleged assault.

He was later charged with a "criminal sexual act, unlawful imprisonment and attempted rape". Police say the maid formally identified him in a line-up.

Until he was arrested, Mr Strauss-Kahn was considered a favourite to become the Socialist candidate for the French presidency next year.

Opinion polls gave him a good chance of defeating President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Mr Strauss-Kahn's wife, French TV personality Anne Sinclair, has also protested his innocence.

Meanwhile, another allegation against Mr Strauss-Kahn has emerged. French writer Tristane Banon, 31, says she may file a complaint for an alleged sexual assault in 2002.

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2011-5-20 10:04:24

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2011-5-20 10:39:34

8 and 8.
what a pity to read these words, maybe he is right, but he should be a victimtor.

Ex-IMF Chief Makes Bail; Scramble Over Successor
By MICHAEL ROTHFELD

Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will be released Friday from a New York jail where he has been locked up since Monday on charges he sexually assaulted a hotel maid. The decision capped a frenzied week at the IMF as world powers scrambled to name a successor to a fallen leader once credited with revitalizing the international institution.
State Supreme Court Judge Michael Obus agreed over the objections of prosecutors on Thursday to release Mr. Strauss-Kahn on a package that included a $1 million cash bail, a $5 million bond and 24-hour home confinement in a Manhattan apartment rented by his wife at an undisclosed address. The detention will be enforced by video surveillance and at least one armed guard. Turning to the French diplomat, the judge said, "you will be subjected to and you will have the benefit of the protection of the criminal court system....I expect that you will be here for the occasion."

The most serious of the charges against Mr. Strauss-Kahn, criminal sexual act, carries up to 25 years in prison, though lawyers have said that even if he went to trial and was convicted on that charge, he'd be unlikely to serve a sentence that high. He hasn't yet entered a plea but his lawyer said his greatest interest "is to clear his name."

After the 62-year-old Mr. Strauss-Kahn resigned from the IMF late Wednesday, saying he was leaving to "protect the institution," the battle for the top job kicked into high gear, with France and Germany defending Europe's traditional role in filling the post and emerging nations arguing now is their time to lead the institution.

The question of who will succeed Mr. Strauss-Kahn as IMF managing director comes as the global balance of economic power is shifting. Europeans argue that the urgency of solving their own problems, including their sovereign-debt crisis that threatens the global economy, argue for placing a European in the job.

On Thursday, the European Central Bank warned it may pull the plug on funding for Greek banks in the event of any restructuring of Greece's government debt, an escalation in what until now had been a behind-the-scenes dispute.

The U.S., the IMF's single largest shareholder, isn't supporting the developing countries' call for a change in course. The U.S. position could mean the next IMF chief is a European, as has been the case since the organization was founded six decades ago.

While other high-profile European names have surfaced, including European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet, Christine Lagarde, a corporate lawyer who has been France's finance minister since 2007 has emerged as the front-runner for the job.

Judge Obus' decision came after prosecutors revealed a grand jury indicted Mr. Strauss-Kahn, who entered the hearing through a rear door of the courtroom in a gray suit and a light blue dress shirt. He smiled in the direction of his wife and daughter, who were at the front of the courtroom, before sitting somberly through the proceedings.

The judge said that there is "a serious risk" that Mr. Strauss-Kahn could attempt to flee the country and that it would be difficult to extradite him from France. But he said he was willing to grant bail given the security proposal outlined by Mr. Strauss-Kahn's lawyer.

Mr. Strauss-Kahn could have visitors to the apartment, in a number to be determined by the security firm, which would escort him to appointments, including with his lawyers. If he tried to escape, the guards would restrain him, said his lawyer, William Taylor, calling the plan "the most restrictive possible conditions." Mr. Strauss-Kahn would pay the cost of the security firm.

The indictment, which mirrors the charges initially filed following his arrest, charges Mr. Strauss-Kahn with two counts of a criminal sexual act in the first degree, attempted rape in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first and third degrees, unlawful imprisonment in the second degree and forcible touching. Several of the charges are high-level felonies.

A prosecutor with the Manhattan district attorney's office, John McConnell, had opposed bail, saying his office hadn't had time to review the proposal, and he called Mr. Strauss-Kahn an "existential" risk to flee based on his "access to enormous resources and a network of contacts around the world."

But Mr. Taylor said his client didn't run from the scene. He left the Sofitel hotel at 12:25 p.m. on Saturday, about a half-hour after the alleged attack, and about 20 minutes later sat down for lunch with a relative at a restaurant near the hotel in midtown Manhattan, "in plain view of the entire world." He took a taxi to the airport about 2:15 p.m., Mr. Taylor said.

Mr. Taylor said Mr. Strauss-Kahn has about $2 million in assets, including an account "in the low seven figures" in the U.S. His wife, Anne Sinclair, has "substantially greater" assets, including ownership of a $4 million home in Washington.

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cinbasky

2011-5-20 10:59:43

9 5

We want you out, world's banking big shots tell embattled IMFchief Dominique Strauss-Kahn

BY BILL HUTCHINSON

DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Wednesday, May 18th 2011, 4:00 AM

The world's banking big shots arepressuring Dominique Strauss-Kahn to resign as chief of the InternationalMonetary Fund while he battles sex-assault charges.

Locked up on Rikers Island without bail,the powerful Frenchman's scandal is causing global jitters, especially infinancially strapped European countries.

Austrian Finance Minister Maria Fektercalled on Strauss-Kahn to consider the reputation ofthe IMF over his own.

"Considering the situation, that bailwas denied, he has to figure out for himself that he ishurting the institution," Fekter told the Financial Times as shearrived at a meeting of European finance ministers in Brussels yesterday.

Spanish Finance Minister Elena Salgadosided with the Manhattan maid who has accused Strauss-Kahn of attempting torape her in his luxury hotel suite.

"If I had to show my solidarity andsupport for someone, it would be toward the woman who has been assaulted, ifthat is really the case that she has been," Salgado said.

The IMF, with 187 countries as members,plays a key role in stabilizing exchange rates and providing bailout packagesto nations under financial stress.

Strauss-Kahn, who was a top contender forthe presidency of France, has been intricately involved in stabilizing theeconomic free falls of countries like Greece and Portugal.

The IMF board has appointed American John Lipsky, second in command at the fund, to serveas acting chief in Strauss-Kahn's absence.

A White House international economicadviser and former deputy Treasury secretary, David Lipton, would take Lipsky'sNo.2 position, Reuters reported.

"The board was briefed regardingcriminal charges that have been brought against the managing director during aprivate visit to New York City," said IMF spokeswoman Caroline Atkinson.

Laurence Parisot, the head of the Frenchemployers federation known as MEDEF, said Strauss-Kahn should resignimmediately.

"Whatever happens, and whatever theoutcome of the process, the time it will require in theweeks and months to come will hinder him from doing his job as managingdirector," Parisot said.

"And we clearly need a managingdirector who can devote himself totally, fully andfreely to his job."

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happylife87

2011-5-20 11:03:27

9,7

Strauss-Kahn's IMF future hinges on bail hearing

WASHINGTON – Dominique Strauss-Kahn's bail hearing Thursday could spell the end of his leadership of the International Monetary Fund.

If a New York judge denies bail for Strauss-Kahn or imposes highly restrictive conditions on his freedom, the IMF's executive board would expect him to resign, two senior IMF officials said Wednesday. If he didn't, the board could remove him on the grounds that he couldn't lead the IMF from a jail cell or far from its Washington headquarters.

The two officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of the highly sensitive situation. Strauss-Kahn is jailed in New York City on charges of sexually assaulting a hotel maid.

Attempts to reach Strauss-Kahn's lawyers were unsuccessful. The Frenchman hasn't said whether he'll yield to rising international pressure for his resignation.

One of the IMF officials said the fund had yet to speak with its managing director since his weekend arrest. The IMF has appointed an interim chief, but there are no procedures for suspending or placing its leader on extended leave.

As a result, any prolonged legal troubles would mean that Strauss-Kahn would have to resign to avoid being ousted by the 24-member board. The board can meet whenever it wants to decide on Strauss-Kahn's future, the official said.

The other IMF official said the board will insist on a meeting after the court hearing. The board can remove Strauss-Kahn without cause, the official noted.

While Strauss-Kahn remains confined to a Rikers Island jail cell, the dividing lines are sharpening in a dispute over whether someone from a rich or an emerging economy should lead the IMF after his exit.

Europe is aggressively staking its traditional claim to the top position. But fast-growing nations such as China, Brazil and South Africa are trying to break Europe's grip on an organization empowered to direct billions of dollars to stabilize the global economy.

Europeans have led the IMF since its inception after World War II. Americans have occupied both the No. 2 position at the IMF and the top post at its sister institution, the World Bank. The World Bank funds projects in developing countries.

Europe has "an abundance of highly qualified candidates" to lead the IMF, German government spokesman Christoph Steegmans declared Wednesday. He also noted the relevance of having a European at the helm, to deal with the debt problems that have racked the eurozone.

Steegmans didn't name any potential candidates or say whether Germany might propose one. But German Chancellor Angela Merkel, along with the finance ministers of Sweden and the Netherlands, have pressed Europe's case for the IMF leadership.

Still, developing nations see Europe's stranglehold on the position as increasingly out of touch with the world economy. China's is now the world's second-largest economy. India's and Brazil's have cracked the top 10. Many emerging economies are sitting on stockpiles of cash and have become forces of financial stability, while rich countries have become weighed down by debt.

"We must establish meritocracy, so that the person leading the IMF is selected for their merits and not for being European," Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega said, calling for a "new criteria" for leadership. "You can have a competent European ... but you can have a representative from an emerging nation who is competent as well."

China suggested it was time to shake things up at the IMF, with Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu saying the leadership "should be based on fairness, transparency and merit."

And South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan spoke in stronger terms. He said the new director should come from an emerging economy, to "bring a new perspective that will ensure that the interests of all countries, both developed and developing, are fully reflected in the operations and policies of the IMF."

It remains unclear which way the United States is leaning. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Tuesday that Strauss-Kahn is "obviously not in a position" to run the IMF, escalating the pressure on the 62-year-old economist.

The United States has a major say in determining who will head the fund, in part because it holds the largest number of votes. The prevailing view among analysts and former Treasury officials appears to be that Washington would back a strong European candidate who could be approved in a smooth process.

"It's kind of not our fight," said Phillip Swagel, a Treasury official in the George W. Bush administration. "There are very good reasons to have a forceful, prominent European head of IMF."

One such candidate would be French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde.

Other Europeans touted as possibilities are Germany's former central bank chief Axel Weber; the head of Europe's bailout fund, Klaus Regling; and Peer Steinbrueck, a former German finance minister.

Candidates from elsewhere include Turkey's former finance minister, Kemal Dervis; Singapore's finance chief Tharman Shanmugaratnam; and Indian economist Montek Singh Ahluwalia.

More possibilities include Trevor Manuel, South Africa's former finance minister; Mexico's central bank governor, Agustin Carstens; and former Brazilian central bank president Arminio Fraga.

Strauss-Kahn was removed from a plane Saturday at John F. Kennedy International Airport, moments before he was to fly to Paris. He was supposed to meet Sunday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss aid to debt-laden Greece and then join EU finance ministers in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday.

Strauss-Kahn's flight from Washington was paid for by the IMF, with an approved stopover in New York, the official said. That meant his New York visit was in a private capacity. He was not accompanied by security personnel or any IMF aides.

The official said Strauss-Kahn's security team was supposed to meet him at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport. His assistants were already in Europe.

___

McHugh reported from Frankfurt. Associated Press writers Christopher S. Rugaber in Washington, Geir Moulson in Berlin, Charles Hutzler in Beijing, Bradley Brooks in Sao Paulo and Anita Powell in Johannesburg contributed to this report.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110518/ap_on_bi_ge/imf_future

Key Words: Bail, Future

Comment:
I am kind of supporting Kahn, and believing that this is much possibly a trap set by others(US for example), but Kahn has his own weakness after all. He is doomed to fail at his weakness. This may not only be a failure to himself, but it may also be bad for euro or even the world monetary system.

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helloweenee

2011-5-20 11:10:56

BEIJING - The speculation about whether a Chinese candidate could step forward as the chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been picking up steam across China after Dominique Strauss-Kahn's arrest over an alleged sexual assault on a hotel maid.

The Associated Press (AP) reported on Wednesday that China's Zhu Min, a special adviser to Strauss-Kahn at the IMF, is one of the potential candidates for the position.

Zhu declined to comment on the issue. "I have meetings all day," he was quoted as saying by AP.

Zhu assumed his position at IMF in May 2010, after serving as deputy governor of China's central bank and after a six-year stint at the World Bank. He holds a PhD and an MA in economics from Johns Hopkins University.

According to tradition, a European chairs the IMF while the United States provides the leader at the World Bank. But voices supportive of a candidate from the emerging economies are growing louder, as the developing nations become a driving force in the world economy.

"Europe's history of chairing the IMF may be broken this time, given several strong reasons: The IMF chief is usually not promoted internally; the alleged sexual assault followed by the arrest happened suddenly; and voices from the emerging markets have become louder in recent years," said Guo Tianyong, an economist, and director of the Research Center of the Chinese Banking Industry at the Central University of Finance and Economics.

He said if China could win a nomination qualification, the other suitably qualified Chinese candidate should be Zhou Xiaochuan, the central bank governor, who possesses international perspective and has good proficiency in English.

AP reported that four Europeans stand a possibility of replacing Strauss-Kahn. They include the French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, the former head of the German central bank Axel Weber, the head of Europe's bailout fund Klaus Regling, and Peer Steinbrueck, a former German finance minister.

From the developing regions, potential candidates include Turkey's former finance minister Kemal Dervis, Singapore's finance chief Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the Indian economist Montek Singh Ahluwalia, South Africa's former finance minister Trevor Manuel, Mexico's central bank governor Agustin Carstens, and a former Brazilian central bank president Arminio Fraga. In Europe, officials including the Austrian Finance Minister Maria Fekter have urged the 62-year-old Strauss-Kahn to resign to avoid further damage to the IMF.

Li Daokui, an adviser to the Chinese central bank's monetary policy committee, agreed that the chances of a European stepping in to the position are slim this time, but he said supporting a Chinese candidate is not a best choice for the country.

"I think a talent from a neutral and small country would accord more with the interests of the world including China, because big countries such as India and Brazil have too many national interests," he said.

Developing countries have spent years attempting to reform the IMF's voting system. In December 2010, the 187 member states adopted a set of voting right reforms that will double quotas and lead to a fully elected executive board.

Brazil, China, India and Russia will be ranked among 10 largest shareholders as a result, and China is expected to take third place, following the US and Japan.

British Prime Minister David Cameron suggested earlier that the IMF should look for its next chief outside Europe and the US to increase its global standing.

"If you think about the general principle, you've got the rise of India, China and South Asia, a shift in the world's focus, and it may well be the time for the IMF to start thinking about that shift in focus," he told BBC Radio.

But Europeans won't readily give up leadership of a key financial institution that is overseeing global economic stability, particularly with Greece, Ireland, and Portugal facing a debt crisis.

On Monday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she preferred another European to lead the IMF, given that the institution is already deeply involved in the bailouts of struggling European countries.

President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso told Dutch television on the same day that he would not engage in speculation but if a successor is necessary, the European Union should propose a candidate.

China Daily

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helloweenee

2011-5-20 11:23:10

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2011-5-20 11:52:00

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Judge Grants Former IMF Chief $1 Million Bail
by The Associated Press

A judge has agreed to free the former IMF chief from a New York City jail while he awaits trial on charges that he sexually abused a hotel maid.

The judge set bail at $1 million, and approved an elaborate arrangement under which Dominique Strauss-Kahn would be confined to a private apartment in Manhattan and monitored by armed guards.

Strauss-Kahn will also have to take out a $5 million insurance bond.

The former head of the International Monetary Fund arrived in a Manhattan courtroom Thursday afternoon wearing a gray suit and an open blue shirt. He turned to give a quick smile to supporters in the gallery that included a daughter and his wife, the television journalist Anne Sinclair.

The 62-year-old banker and diplomat has been behind bars at the city's bleak Rikers Island jail complex since his arrest Saturday.

A prosecutor began the hearing by announcing that a grand jury had found enough evidence for an indictment, a procedural step that elevates the seriousness of the charge.

"The proof against him is substantial. It is continuing to grow every day as the investigation continues," said Assistant District Attorney John "Artie" McConnell.

An attorney for Strauss-Kahn, William Taylor, said that Sinclair had rented an apartment in the city where her husband could be confined and watched by an armed monitor, although he suggested few precautions were necessary.

"In our view, no bail is required to confirm Mr. Strauss-Kahn's appearance. He is an honorable man ... and he has only one interest at this time, and that is to clear his name," Taylor said.

Strauss-Kahn resigned as managing director of the International Monetary Fund late Wednesday, saying he needed to focus on clearing his name.

His lawyers have promised he won't flee to France. The defense team made a similar request Monday that was denied.

Scores of reporters lined up outside the courtroom door before the hearing, with still more journalists and cameras poised outside the building. State court system spokesman David Bookstaver said the media throng was one of the biggest at the courthouse since Mark David Chapman was arrested in the 1980 killing of John Lennon.

Prosecutors have opposed Strauss-Kahn's release, saying his wealth and international connections would make it easy for him to flee.

Strauss-Kahn is charged with attacking a 32-year-old housecleaner Saturday afternoon at his Manhattan hotel suite. The 32-year-old West African immigrant told police that he chased her down a hallway, forced her to perform oral sex and tried to remove her stockings.

In his resignation letter, released by the IMF executive board, Strauss-Kahn denied the allegations against him, but said he would quit to protect the institution.

The political wrangling over who will succeed Strauss-Kahn at the IMF already has begun. European officials, including Germany's chancellor, the European Commission and France's finance minister, have been arguing that his replacement should be European.

Some authorities from China and Brazil have said it is time to break Europe's traditional dominance over the position and appoint someone from a developing nation. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has asked for an "open process," without mentioning any specific candidates.

竞争又要开始了。。。。。。

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2011-5-20 11:53:49

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Who Should Be the Next Chief of the IMF?The International Monetary Fund will need to find a new leader. Dominique Strauss-Kahn has resigned as managing director. Mr. Strauss-Kahn is charged with a sexual attack on a cleaning woman at a New York hotel last Saturday. He said in a resignation letter released Thursday by the IMF that he denies the charges "with the greatest possible firmness."
His fall has especially shocked Europe. The IMF is currently playing a major part in rescue loans to Greece, Ireland and Portugal. European nations have increasingly depended on the fund to help them in their recent struggles with debt.
The IMF and the World Bank grew out of an international conference held in the United States in nineteen forty-four. They were created as ways to support economic cooperation and development.
Both are both based in Washington. The World Bank has traditionally been led by an American and the IMF by a European.
But fast-growing economies in the developing world say it is time for a change. Officials from Brazil, China and India say Mr. Strauss-Kahn's replacement should come from outside Europe.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, leader of Europe's biggest economy, disagrees.she said: "In the present situation, when we have significant problems with the euro and the IMF is very much involved there, there should be a European candidate with support from the international community."
The main job of the IMF is to help make sure payments flow smoothly between nations. Sometimes this means providing loans so governments can meet debt payments.
The money it lends comes mostly from "quotas" -- financial promises made by its members. One hundred eighty-seven nations belong to the IMF. The lender currently has about two hundred fifty billion dollars in approved loans. Most of these loans have not yet been used, or drawn down.
What effect the resignation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn will have is unclear. He was praised as a skillful negotiator in dealing with Europe and the global financial crisis.
STEPHANIE RICKARD: "But the actual negotiations of the loan conditions on the ground is done by technocratic economists, staff members at the IMF, and they’re going to continue to do their job."
Stephanie Rickard is an expert on the IMF and World Bank at the London School of Economics.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn became managing director in two thousand seven. The Frenchman widely known as DSK is a member of France's Socialist party. Before his arrest, he was considered a leading candidate for France's presidential election next year.

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