Friday, May 20, 2011

US balks at backing European candidate for IMF (AP)



** CORRECTS RESIGNATION DATE ** In a photo made Monday May 16, 2011, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, then head of the International Monetary Fund, is arraigned at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, on charges he sexually assaulted a hotel maid. Strauss-Kahn resigned as head of the International Monetary Fund on Late Wednesday May 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Emmanuel Dunand, Pool)AP - The United States on Thursday balked at immediately backing a European to lead the International Monetary Fund, saying only that it wanted an open and prompt succession.




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