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  • Dominique Strauss-Kahn Resigns As Head Of International Monetary Fund

    Dominique Strauss-Kahn Resigns As Head Of International Monetary Fund

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    Dominique Strauss-Kahn is arraigned Monday, May 16, 2011, in court for the alleged attack on a maid who went into his penthouse suite at a hotel near Times Square to clean it, in New York, Monday, May 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, Pool)

    SINGAPORE, May 19 (Reuters) – Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned as head of the International Monetary Fund, the IMF said in a statement dated May 18, as he faces charges of sexual assault and attempted rape.

    “I deny with the greatest possible firmness all of the allegations that have been made against me,” Strauss-Kahn said in his letter of resignation, released by the IMF.

    (Reporting by Emily Kaiser)

    www.huffingtonpost.com, 19 May 2011