Strauss-Kahn, former IMF boss, cleared of prostitution charges
Jewish Journal
June 12, 2015
A French court cleared Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a former head of the International Monetary Fund, of pimping charges.
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Egypt’s army chief calls for mass demonstrations
Jewish Journal
July 24, 2013
Egypt’s military chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi today called for mass rallies on Friday to give him a mandate to confront violence. Coming three weeks after the army deposed Mohamed Morsi, the call puts pressure on Islamists, who vow they will continue to fight for Morsi to be reinstated.
Egypt army seeks national unity as crisis mounts
Jewish Journal
December 11, 2012
Egypt\’s army chief called for talks on national unity to end the country\’s mounting political crisis after a vital loan from the IMF was delayed and thousands of pro- and anti-government demonstrators took to the streets.
Middle Eastern farmers bearing the brunt of plunging olive oil prices
Jewish Journal
May 31, 2012
The price for olive oil has dropped to its lowest level in a decade and farmers in the Middle East are bearing the brunt as Spain and Italy dump their government-subsidized stocks at below cost.
Police question Strauss-Kahn in French assault case
Jewish Journal
September 26, 2011
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was questioned by French police on Monday over a complaint of attempted rape, filed after his May arrest in New York in a separate sex assault case that forced him to resign but was later dropped.
Fischer candidacy to head IMF disqualified
Jewish Journal
June 14, 2011
Stanley Fischer, the governor of the Bank of Israel, will not be considered a candidate to lead the International Monetary Fund because of his age.
Opinion: Groping in the Dark
Jewish Journal
May 24, 2011
The swirl of news about the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) former managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was accused recently of sexually assaulting a chambermaid in his expensive Sofitel hotel suite, contains another juicy nugget of information. Strauss-Kahn is Jewish. His wife is Jewish. In fact, Strauss-Kahn was born, like many French Jews, to a Sephardic mother from Tunisia. He participates in public Jewish life. He does not hide his Jewishness. Should we?
Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigns from IMF
Jewish Journal
May 19, 2011
Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned as managing director of the International Monetary Fund following his arrest and imprisonment on charges of sexual assault.
Fischer on the money as top bank chief
Jewish Journal
October 11, 2010
Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer was named the central bank governor of the year.
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