FORMER IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn entered a plea of not guilty yesterday to charges he sexually assaulted a New York hotel maid in a case that cost him his job and a chance at the French presidency.

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been released from jail to house arrest in a landmark apartment building near New York's ground zero after the luxury apartment where he had arranged to stay fell through because the neighbours objected to the media frenzy.

A New York judge today cleared the way for former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn to be freed from jail in his sex assault case even after his expensive housing plans hit a snag.