Strauss Kahn

Why Is The Strauss-Kahn Sex Scandal Play So Boring?

AP | THOMAS ADAMSON | Posted 02.17.2013 | Arts

PARIS — The calamitous moments inside the New York hotel that cost Dominique Strauss-Kahn his career, his dignity and possibly even his wife hav...

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Soldiers, Sex and Emails

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 01.16.2013 | Politics

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It is good it all came to light just after the elections were over. The media would really not have had the time to simultaneously give the election and sex the extensive coverage they richly deserve.

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DSK Is Back

Reuters | Posted 12.24.2012 | World

By Brian Love PARIS, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief whose French presidential ambitions were shattered...

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Prosecutor Expands DSK Case

AP | GREG KELLER | Posted 07.20.2012 | World

PARIS — A French prosecutor has opened a preliminary investigation into allegations of rape in a Washington hotel by former IMF chief and one-ti...

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New Allegations Against DSK

Reuters | Posted 07.04.2012 | World

LILLE, France, May 4 (Reuters) - French investigators looking into Dominique Strauss-Kahn's ties to a suspected prostitution ring in the northern c...

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'Hail Mary' Attempt To Dismiss Suit

Reuters | Posted 07.01.2012 | World

By Joseph Ax NEW YORK, May 1 (Reuters) - A New York judge on Tuesday rejected a motion by former International Monetary Fund chief ...

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DSK Suspects 'Political Enemies' In Sex Scandal

Reuters | Posted 06.27.2012 | World

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LONDON, April 27 (Reuters) - The Guardian newspaper said on its website on Friday that former International Monetary Fund boss Dominique Strauss-Kah...

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Lawyer: Offense Of 'Lust' Is Not Illegal'

Reuters | Posted 05.27.2012 | World

* Strauss-Kahn was at 2-3 sex parties a year -lawyer * "Offense of lust" is nothing illegal - lawyer By Alexandria Sage PARIS, March 27 (Reut...

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DSK Charged In Prostitution Probe

AP | MICHEL SPINGLER | Posted 05.26.2012 | World

LILLE, France — Dominique Strauss-Kahn was handed preliminary charges Monday alleging he was involved in a French prostitution ring, his lawyer ...

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Cambridge Students Outraged That Dominque Strauss-Kahn Speaking On Campus

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 02.27.2012 | College

College students in Britain have declared they do not want Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, to speak on the...

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The 10 Best French Villans

Jean-Vincent Blanchard | Posted 12.02.2011 | Books

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Villains make for good stories. French history, literature, and cinema are fascinating, ergo there has to be a great cast of French villains, non?

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DSK's Lawyers Meet With Prosecutors

Reuters | Posted 09.18.2011 | World

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Lawyers representing the hotel maid who accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault met with New York prosecutors on Tuesday...

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Sex Scandal Is Peephole Into Manhattan Hotel Life

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 09.12.2011 | New York

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The incident with DSK and the maid hasn't shattered any myths about power and sex, but it has left hotel staff in New York, and particularly on West 44th Street, shaken.

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How The Dominique Strauss-Kahn Case Unraveled

The New York Times | Posted 09.02.2011 | World

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A hotel housekeeper whose account of being sexually attacked was so compelling that it brought tears to the eyes of seasoned investigators. Preliminar...

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Collapsing DSK Case Adds To Doubts On Manhattan Prosecutor

nytimes.com | Posted 09.02.2011 | New York

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Cyrus R. Vance Jr., the Manhattan district attorney, seemed preoccupied when he sat down with two reporters last Monday. He already knew what the worl...

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Simon Johnson: Christine Lagarde and the Demand for Dollars

The New York Times | Simon Johnson | Posted 08.30.2011 | Business

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After receiving support from the United States at the critical moment, Christine Lagarde was named Tuesday as the next managing director of the Intern...

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Greek Default Could Trigger Chain Reaction Around The World

AP | David Mchugh | Posted 08.16.2011 | Business

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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Greece's economy is small but the shock waves from a default on its debt could be amplified by links in the global financia...

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Strauss-Kahn To Plead Not Guilty On Monday

Posted 08.05.2011 | World

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By Basil Katz NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will plead not guilty Monday to charges he tried to rape a New York ...

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New Facebook Attack Infects Macs And PCs

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 08.01.2011 | Technology

*Scroll down for updates. Facebook users should be aware of a new attack that infects both Mac and PC users with malware. This new attack, whic...

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Israeli Central Bank Chief Considers IMF Bid

Wall Street Journal | BOB DAVIS | Posted 07.27.2011 | Business

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Israeli central banker Stanley Fischer is examining a formal bid to head the International Monetary Fund, said an official familiar with his thinking,...

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What If He's Innocent?

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 07.23.2011 | World

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One cannot read the published accounts of the charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn without concluding that he is probably guilty. But what if he isn't?

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An American Woman Expat's View on Strauss-Kahn

Vivian Norris | Posted 07.23.2011 | World

Read More: Italy Berlusconi, Clinton, World Bank, France, Sexual Harassment, Womne, Narcissism, Spitzer, Imf, Strauss Kahn, Expat, Roseanne Barr, Christine Lagarde, Feminism, Mid-Life Crisis, World News

A real man can control himself and a real woman knows her own power does not come from being seductive. But until adults start acting like adults and the Machiavellian nonsense behind the scenes stops, we are going to keep heading in the wrong direction.

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'SNL': Strauss-Kahn's First Night In Jail

Posted 07.22.2011 | Comedy

There's nothing us regular folk love more than seeing a ridiculously wealthy guy who thinks the rules don't apply to him have a bad time. So for the c...

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WATCH: Jon Stewart Debunks Ben Stein's Defense Of Strauss-Kahn

The Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn | Posted 07.20.2011 | Comedy

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On Thursday night's "Daily Show," Jon Stewart continued his coverage of one of many sex scandals in the news this week, Dominique Strauss-Kahn alleged...

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Eunuch Sought for IMF Presidency

Peter G. Miller | Posted 07.19.2011 | Comedy

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"We're looking for someone with the swagger of Arnold Schwarzenegger, the tact of Mel Gibson, the honesty of a Wall Street banker and the compassion for the poor you would expect from any Republican presidential candidate before the Iowa primary."

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