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Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former managing director of the International Monetary Fund, waits for a taxi near his temporary residence in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Former International Monetary Fund boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn, widely seen as a potentially successful French presidential candidate before his May 14 arrest, was pulled off a plane and detained hours after Guinean immigrant Nafissatou Diallo reported she was attacked.

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Nafissatou Diallo, who accused former IMF Head Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually attacking her, speaks to reporters as her attorney Ken Thompson listens during a news conference Thursday, July 28, 2011, the Christian Cultural Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Polls show emphatically that the French, at least for now, no longer want former International Monetary Fund director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who at one time was the Socialists' nominee-in-waiting, to run for president. (Associated Press)

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Christine Lagarde, the new head of the IMF, holds a press conference on July 6, 2011, at the International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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New International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde (center) walks with John Lipsky, who was acting IMF managing director, as they leave following a news conference at the IMF in Washington on July 6, 2011. (Associated Press)

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French novelist Tristane Banon on Monday resurrected a 2002 attempted-rape accusation against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn. (Associated Press)

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn, right, former head of the IMF, leaves his house for the first time after the judge changed the terms of his house arrest, Friday, July 1, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/David Karp)

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Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn leaves the New York State Supreme Courthouse with his wife, Anne Sinclair, on Friday, July 1, 2011. (AP Photo)

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** FILE ** In this Monday, June 6, 2011, file photo, former IMF leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn, right, appears at his arraignment on charges of sexually assaulting a Manhattan hotel maid, at State Supreme Court in New York. (AP Photo/Allan Tannenbaum, Pool, File)

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**FILE** French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (center) exits the International Monetary Fund in Washington on June 22, 2011. She was interviewing in competition to succeed former IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn. (Associated Press)

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Christine Lagarde, French finance minister, is the front-runner to take the helm at the International Monetary Fund. She consolidated her lead over the weekend with Egyptian and Indonesian backing. (Associated Press)

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Illustration: IMF bailout by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

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Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrives at the Manhattan Criminal Courts building on Monday for his arraignment proceedings on charges of sexually assaulting a Manhattan hotel maid. The French economist and diplomat has said he is not guilty. (Associated Press)

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Brazilian Economy Minister Guido Mantega welcomes French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, the front-runner for chief of the International Monetary Fund. Brazil is one of several countries that wants the IMF search to go outside of Europe. (Associated Press)

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US President Barack Obama, right, shares a word with IMF Acting Managing Director John Lipsky, center, and British Prime Minister David Cameron during departures after a G8 summit in Deauville, France, Friday, May 27, 2011.

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French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde announces her bid to lead the International Monetary Fund at a news conference in Paris on Wednesday, May 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn listens on May 19, 2011, to proceedings in his case in New York state Supreme Court. (Associated Press)

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France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde has, in recent days, been touted in many European capitals as a good choice to replace former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn. (Associated Press)

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Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn listens to proceedings in his case in New York state Supreme Court on Thursday. A judge set bail at $1 million Thursday. (Associated Press)