IMF chief Christine Lagarde has been summoned to appear before a court investigating alleged corruption during her time as a French government minister, her lawyer said Thursday.
PARIS (Reuters) - The French public prosecutor's office will not pursue a French writer's complaint of attempted rape against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn due to lack of evidence, it said on Thursday.
French writer Tristane Banon, who has accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempting to rape her in 2003 will appear on primetime television Monday, a day after the former IMF chief broke his media silence.
The International Monetary Fund said Saturday it now recognizes the transitional government in Libya, paving the way for the fledgling administration to benefit from the IMF's financial help.
Finance ministers from the world's richest economies gathered Friday to work out how to head off gathering storm clouds, as the new IMF chief urged bold action on the sovereign debt crisis.
