Ex-IMF leader pleads not guilty to sex assault

2011-06-07 09:17:58

Dominique Strauss-Kahn formally asserted his innocence Monday to charges he tried to rape a hotel maid, but the drama unfolded outside the Manhattan courtroom as protesters jeered the former International Monetary Fund leader and lawyers for the housekeeper said she was eager to testify despite a "smear campaign" against her.

Pattinson steals show at MTV Movie Awards

2011-06-07 08:02:09

UNIVERSAL CITY, California - The MTV Movie Awards was more like "The Team Edward Show".

UN chief says he is seeking 2nd term

2011-06-07 07:47:30

Ban Ki-moon formally asked members of the United Nations on Monday to support his candidacy for a second five-year term as UN secretary-general. China supports Ban Ki-moon's bid

US congressman admits he sent lewd picture

2011-06-07 07:02:54

After days of denials, a choked-up Rep. Anthony Weiner confessed Monday that he tweeted a photo of his bulging underpants to a young woman, and he also admitted to "inappropriate" exchanges with six women.

Strauss-Kahn pleads not guilty to sex crimes

2011-06-07 06:22:55

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges he sexually assaulted a New York hotel maid in a case that cost him his job and a chance at the French presidency.

Hotel maid to testify in Strauss-Kahn trial-lawyer

2011-06-06 22:58:03

The hotel maid who former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is accused of sexually assaulting will testify against him should the case go to trial, a lawyer for the woman said on Monday.

Japanese retirees ready to risk Fukushima front line

2011-06-06 18:05:20

"I will be dead before cancer gets me," said Yamada, who has organized an unlikely band of more than 270 retirees and older workers eager to work for nothing but the sense of service at the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.

Yale lab tech gets 44 years for killing student

2011-06-06 16:58:17

A former animal research technician was sentenced Friday to 44 years in prison for killing a Yale graduate student days before what was to be her wedding day in 2009.

Libyan woman who claimed rape leaves for US

2011-06-06 16:57:58

A Libyan woman who claimed she was raped by Gadhafi troops has left Libya on her way to the United States, her sister said Sunday.

Prince William on horseback

2011-06-06 16:39:00

Britain's Prince William attends the Colonel's Review ceremony at Horse Guards Parade in London June 4, 2011. The annual military parade and march-past by the British Army Household Division takes place a week before the Trooping of the Colour which marks Queen Elizabeth's official birthday.

Ex-IMF chief to answer charges in sex case

2011-06-06 16:00:39

Prosecutors have said their evidence against the former International Monetary Fund leader charged with sexually assaulting a Manhattan hotel maid was growing by the day. Defense lawyers, meanwhile, have said they had information that would seriously hurt her credibility.

Obama Fed pick withdraws, slams partisan politics

2011-06-06 11:19:36

Nobel Prize winner Peter Diamond said on Sunday he planned to withdraw as a nominee for Federal Reserve governor, after his nomination was repeatedly opposed by Republicans.