The New York Post says friends of Dominique Strauss-Kahn have contacted the family of the hotel maid who has accused him of sexual assault, offering a payout to make the charges go away. While the accuser is in protective custody, sources tell the Post…

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Strauss-Kahn’s Friends Offer Hush Money: Report

NEW YORK — Test results returned Monday found that DNA from former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn matched material on the work clothes of a Manhattan hotel maid who says he attacked her, two people familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press. The two people would not describe the material found on the shirt, but said DNA matched a sample from Strauss-Kahn, who submitted to testing after his arrest more than a week ago. He denies the charges. The two people said additional testing was being performed on other items. They were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. Read full article > >

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AP sources: DNA found on NYC hotel maid’s shirt from alleged sex attack matches ex-IMF leader

Many people were shocked by the charges that the head of the I.M.F. sexually assaulted a hotel housekeeper, but those in the industry say that sexual affronts happen regularly.

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Sexual Affronts a Known Hotel Hazard

The managing director of the IMF could claim immunity from prosecution in the US, but his actions suggest he has decided instead to fight the charges against him.

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Does IMF boss have diplomatic immunity?

The Virginia-based Olympic champion speedskating coach who has been accused of using corporal punishment on local youth skaters is seeking to resolve the charges against him through a settlement rather than a hearing.

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Speedskating coach Kim Dong-Sung seeks settlement on charges of corporal punishment

The judge hearing sodomy charges against the Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim overturns an earlier ruling and will now allow DNA evidence.

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Malaysia Anwar ruling overturned

One of the three Pakistan cricketers at the centre of the spot-fixing affair applies for legal aid to fight the charges, BBC Sport understands.

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Banned cricketer seeks legal aid

The judge hearing sodomy charges against the Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, rejects key prosecution evidence.

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Malaysia DNA ruling favours Anwar

The woman, who has fled, is accused of leaving her charges alone when a fire broke out.

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Manslaughter Charges for Houston Day Care Operator

Gen. David Petraeus seems to be taking allegations that a U.S. “psychological operations” unit targeted members of Congress. The general, who is in charge of all U.S. forces in Afghanistan, released a statement saying he’ll investigate the charges laid…

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Petraeus Orders ‘Psy-Ops’ Investigation

Pakistan must immediately drop blasphemy charges against a teenager and let him out of jail, Human Rights Watch said.

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Pakistani teen jailed for blasphemy

Two men accused of helping Raoul Moat deny attempted murder and a number of other charges relating to the shootings last summer.

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New charges for Moat accused pair

TUCSON – e-mail From june 14 “We have a mentally unstable person in the class . . . He is one of those whose picture you see on the news, after he has come into class with an automatic weapon. Everyone interviewed would say, Yeah, he was in my math class and he was really weird. I sit by the door…

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Accounts depict suspect as a man on the path to unraveling; U.S. charges plot to assassinate Giffords

Tommy Sheridan’s wife Gail is acquitted of perjury at the High Court in Glasgow after the Crown drops the charges.

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Sheridan wife perjury charges dropped

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange turned himself in to police in London on Tuesday and will remain in custody until December 14 unless extradited to Sweden, Sweden’s English-language newspaper The Local reports . Assange, who has been on the international radar since exposing hundreds of classified US government documents and simultaneously dodging a manhunt for alleged sex crimes against two Swedish women since August, said he would fight his extradition and the charges facing him. read more

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