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Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former head of the International Monetary Fund, leaves his home in New York with his wife Anne Sinclair on his way to court Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011.
On May 14, 2011, Dominique Strauss-Kahn (known as DSK), the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, was arrested in New York for allegedly sexually assaulting a maid. I must admit I kept an open mind for about two days, and then assumed...
photo: AP / David Karp
Egyptian men line up to vote in the country's parliamentary election at a polling center in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 28, 2011.
It's time for political transition in Egypt. More than 50 million eligible voters in the North African country are in the process of writing history as they kick-started a patience-laden electoral process that will see months of balloting to elect...
photo: AP / Manu Brabo
The Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, right, arrives at Kuwait's Parliament accompanied by the country's Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah Tuesday, Oct.2 5, 2011.
Manama: Kuwait's Emir Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah has accepted the resignation of the government, but has asked it to continue running the affairs of the country until a new cabinet is formed. The government tendered its resignation yesterday...
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Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn listens to proceedings in his case in New York state Supreme Court, Thursday, May 19, 2011.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn is no longer a front-runner in the French presidential race. His political career is finished. But the events in the New York Sofitel in May this year still enthral the French media - particularly when there is a suggestion of...
photo: AP / Richard Drew
As floods recede, clean-up operations start in Bangkok and Ayutthaya
Bangkok Governor M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra joined in weekend clean-up operations in several districts of Bangkok and Thon Buri where floodwaters have fully receded, allowing the Thai capital to embark upon a return to normalcy. On Saturday, 19...
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FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2011 file photo, Wales' manager Gary Speed looks on during his team's Euro 2012 Group G qualifying soccer match against Bulgaria at Vassil Levski stadium in Sofia. The Football Association of Wales says Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011, national team manager Gary Speed has died at the age of 42.
Truly shocking news. Wales manager Gary Speed has been found hanged at his home in Cheshire, it was revealed today. The former Leeds United, Everton, Newcastle and Bolton star, who appeared on BBC’s Football Focus show yesterday, was aged 42....
photo: AP / Oleg Popov
MSL Launches to the Red Planet: The Atlantic Ocean provides a backdrop as the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket clears the tower at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Sealed inside the rocket's protective payload fairing is NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft, beginning a 9-month interplanetary cruise to Mars. Liftoff was at 10:02 a.m. EST Nov. 26. MSL's components include a car-sized rover, Curiosity, which has 10 science instruments designed to search for signs of life, including methane, and help determine if the gas is from a biological or geological source.
CAPE CANAVERAL -- A rover of “monster truck” proportions zoomed toward Mars on an 8 1/2 -month, 354 million-mile journey Saturday, the biggest, best equipped robot ever sent to explore another planet. NASA's six-wheeled, one-armed...
photo: NASA / Darrell L. McCall
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Panama - File photo of an errant U.S. missile strike that killed a carload of Panamanian civilians, 1989. **FILE**Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick (7) watches from the sidelines at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta in this Aug. 31, 2006, file photo. Vick issued an unscripted apology Monday, Nov. 27, 2006 A Toys R Us employee puts a receipt in customer's bag in the Toys R Us in Times Square in New York on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. The Toys R Us opened at 9PM offering special deals for holiday shoppers. Couple - Obese - Van - Car - Makati - Philippines
A woman suffering from obesity was seen buying grocery items Former prime minister and leader of main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party Atal Bihari Vajpayee looks on at his residence in New Delhi, India, Sunday, July 15, 2007. Vajpayee Sunday handed over a holy Chadar, or sheet cloth, to be offered at the mausoleum of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti for the annual Urs celebration in Ajmer. 2010 Honda Odyssey photographed in Bowie, Maryland, USA. Indian people chatting in their past time
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels stand in formation during a practice ceremony for the Boliviarian Movement, a new clandestine political party for the rebels, outside of San Vicente del Caguan in the FARC controlled zone of Colombia on Friday, April 28, 2000. The FARC are Colombia's oldest and largest rebel group numbering over 15,000 rebels, and will officialy begin the political party Saturday. Taxi at London In this frame grab taken from Venezolana de Television, VTV, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez delivers a televised speech aired from Cuba, Thursday, June 30, 2011. Apple iPhone 4 - Smartphone
Alpha Phi Alpha chose to use Egyptian symbology more representative of the members' African heritage. The Great Sphinx and Great Pyramids of Giza are fraternity icons. International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Director General Yukiya Amano from Japan waits for the start of the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center, in Vienna, Austria, on Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. Petrol pump mp3h0355 Women
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar speaks during the concluding press conference for Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Perth, Australia, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni arrives to attend a training session ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. The ICC World Cup Cricket is slated to begin Feb. 19. Caribbean Airlines, national airline of Trinidad People taking snack food from a restaurant-fast food.
A gay couple kisses outside Argentina's congress during a rally to support a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in Buenos Aires, Wednesday, July 14, 2010. Kim Kyung-tae of South Korea blasts out from a bunker on the 13th hole during the second round of the Ballantine's Championship at Pinx Golf Club on Jeju Island, South Korea, Friday, April 23, 2010. President Barack Obama, right, with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, left, during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday March, 7, 2011, in Washington. Australia-murray-darling basin
 

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