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Strauss-Kahn arrest: Maid 'scared but will testify'
May 18, 2011The maid who has accused International Monetary Fund (IMF) head Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault is "scared" but will testify against him, her lawyer says. Jeffrey Shapiro says when the 32-year-old woman discovered Mr Strauss-Kahn's...
Fight for IMF top job goes global
May 17, 2011Emerging economies are expected to battle hard for the top job at the International Monetary Fund, following the arrest of current head Dominique Strauss-Kahn, analysts say. That could pit the fast-growing markets of Asia and Latin America against Europe...
Eurozone talks in Brussels to focus on Greece
May 17, 2011Eurozone financial ministers are to continue their talks in Brussels, with discussions now expected to focus on the dire state of the Greek economy. Greece got a 110bn euro ($136bn; £94bn) bail-out in 2010, but there is growing acceptance that...
Strauss-Kahn arrest: IMF head detained at Rikers Island
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May 17, 2011IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been remanded in custody at New York's notorious Rikers Island jail on charges of sexual assault. The judge said Mr Strauss-Kahn, 62, was a flight risk. He was arrested on Saturday after boarding a plane and accused...
IMF chief Strauss-Kahn undergoing tests over sex charge
May 16, 2011IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has consented to a medical examination over allegations of serious sexual assault. Mr Strauss-Kahn, who was arrested on Saturday, denies attacking and attempting to rape a hotel maid. He had been due to appear in court...
IMF head Strauss-Kahn charged over New York 'sex crime'
May 15, 2011The head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has been charged by New York police over an alleged sex attack on a hotel maid. Mr Strauss-Kahn, 62, was taken off an Air France plane at JFK airport just minutes before it left for...
Obama: US will seek oil in Alaska and Gulf of Mexico
May 14, 2011The US will seek to expand domestic oil production in an attempt to reduce dependence on imported oil and bring down fuel prices, President Obama says. New leases for exploration will be granted in non-protected areas of Alaska and in the Gulf of Mexico...
USA launches training courses for Moldovan business people
May 13, 2011The US embassy in Chisinau launched new training courses for Moldovan business people during a seminar today. The American specialists explained to the Moldovan partners how to benefit from economic training in agriculture, processing industry and services...
Malaysia's Petronas to invest $20bn in energy complex
May 13, 2011Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas plans to a build a $20bn (£12.3bn) factory complex to produce chemicals and refine crude oil. The facility will be located in the southern state of Johor, bordering Singapore. Petronas says the strategic...
Eurozone economy grows 0.8% in the first quarter
May 13, 2011Chisinau / Moldova.ORG/ -- After nearly three years of economic turmoil, Greece returned to growth in the first three months of 2011, helping the wider Eurozone grow by more than anticipated. Eurostat, the EU's statistics office, said Friday that the...