Friday, May 20, 2011

Europe demands to name next IMF head, US hesitates (AP)



France's Finance and Economy Minister Christine Lagarde visits a Parisian supermarket and goods retailer in Paris Thursday  May 19, 2011.  Lagarde has emerged as a potential candidate to replace IMF chief, Frenchman Dominique Strauss-Kahn who resigned Wednesday, saying he wants to devote 'all his energy' to fighting sexual assault charges in New York.  (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - European officials closed ranks Thursday to demand that the IMF's next leader be one of their own, someone with the political savvy to handle the continent's relentless debt crisis, but the U.S. balked at offering its immediate support.




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