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Strauss-Kahn: human catastrophe
Jon Snow blogs on the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the IMF, on attempted rape charges – suggesting it is one of the most high profile civil arrests of all time.
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Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is booed by crowds of onlookers, including hotel workers, as he arrives at court to deny sexually assaulting a maid.
If Dominique Strauss-Kahn is found guilty, the embarrassment for France could have profound implications for the country’s attitude to privacy, a French legal expert tells Channel 4 News.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn is granted bail by a New York judge. The former IMF chief has vowed to fight charges that he tried to rape a hotel maid in Manhattan.
As pressure mounts on Dominique Strauss-Khan to quit as head of the IMF over attempted rape charges, Jon Snow hears what life is like in the notorious Rikers Island jail where DSK is being held.
Jon Snow blogs on the arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the IMF, on attempted rape charges – suggesting it is one of the most high profile civil arrests of all time.
The shock arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn has created “a political earthquake” in France and plunged the IMF into crisis. What are the implications for France and the world economy?
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn is arrested at JFK Airport in New York in connection with an alleged sexual assault on a hotel maid.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn is on trial in France, accused of “aggravated pimping”. What might the trial throw up for the former IMF head, who else is involved in it, and what is aggravated pimping?
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn says his sexual liaison with a hotel maid was a “moral failing”.
French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde announces her candidature to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn as IMF managing director – but she faces opposition from the developing economies.
France’s Christine Lagarde is favourite, while a trailing Gordon Brown has failed to secure David Cameron’s backing. We look at the main candidates to succeed Dominique Strauss-Kahn at the IMF.
As IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn spends his second night in Rikers prison in New York, Jon Snow looks at conditions inside the jail.
IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is denied bail after being arrested on suspicion of attempted rape as Economics Editor Faisal Islam says the scandal “will matter” as austerity measures grip Europe.
Angela Merkel may want France to propose Christine Lagarde as the new European Commission boss. But neither she nor Luxembourg’s Jean-Claude Juncker are safe bets for the job.
In an election that has galvanised the French electorate, Socialist candidate François Hollande becomes president of France after defeating the incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy.