DSK: the view from inside Rikers Island jail
As IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn spends his second night in Rikers prison in New York, Jon Snow looks at conditions inside the jail.
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As IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn spends his second night in Rikers prison in New York, Jon Snow looks at conditions inside the jail.
Chancellor tells Channel 4 News the VAT increase – identified by the Bank of England as a contributing factor to today’s CPI increase – was essential in dealing with the budget deficit.
Our Economics Editor on how DSK’s absence from the International Monetary Fund may be bad news for Greece – and lead to more austerity in the eurozone.
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.
England’s cricketers are celebrating an historic Ashes victory after the side won their first series in Australia for 24 years.
England’s cricket team retained the Ashes today, securing victory over Australia in the fourth test match at Melbourne by an innings and 157 runs.
England’s cricketers celebrate a crushing victory over Australia in the Second Ashes Test at Adelaide as spinner Graeme Swann takes five wickets.
England have got off to a disappointing start in the Ashes. Andrew Strauss’s men were bowled out for 260 after choosing to bat first.
The England v Pakistan one-day match goes ahead despite reported claims by the Pakistan cricket chief that England players had taken “enormous amounts of money” to lose the last game.
The cricket world is reeling as members of the Pakistani team are accused of involvement in a betting scam after a News of the World sting operation. Channel4 News reports.
In the not-very-funny economics joke, the IMF stands for “it’s mostly fiscal”. That’s a reference to its long-held ideology of forcing developing countries to cut spending and budget deficits in response to almost any financial crisis. It was a sort of cosmic chastity belt on fiscal profligacy. So what better ally for the prospective iron…
Virtually every international operative of any stature was there, in one vast room. The ‘there’, was here, in Geneva, the UN’s other home. Ban Ki-Moon came in at 9am, spoke for 10 minutes and disappeared.