THE former head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn has maintained that his sexual encounter with a New York hotel maid did not involve violence, constraint or aggression, but still constituted a moral failing on his part.

DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN, his presidential hopes shattered by a sex assault scandal that rocked his homeland, returned to France to a frosty public reception and unease among his political allies.

ID Dominique Strauss-Khan get justice? Was he the victim of a system that convicts before charges can even be answered? Or is he a lucky boy, who can thank his powerful position for beating a rap that he deserved?

CLEARED of sex assault charges, Dominique Strauss- Kahn could be back in France within days but may not get a hero’s welcome, if sober newspaper editorials and cautious statements by his Socialist allies are anything to go by.

THE maid hovered in the suite’s large living room, just inside the entrance. The 32-year-old Guinean had been told by a waiter that room 2806 was now free for cleaning.

THE hotel maid who says former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted her in a Manhattan hotel room has broken her silence over the alleged attack.

AS ONE of my Facebook friends aptly put it, now that Queen Elizabeth and President Barack Obama have left our shores we’re back to the French and the Germans dropping in to tell us how to run the economy.

Allegations of sexual assault in a New York hotel have torn France’s presidential race asunder and savaged the reputation of the suave and self-assured Dominique Strauss-Kahn.