Prosecutors sought to dismiss the criminal charges in a sexual-assault case against former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn, saying persistent lying by the hotel maid who accused him of trying to rape her in his suite made it impossible for them to determine what really happened.

A NEW round of reports on the Dominique Strauss- Kahn case suggests an attempt at collusion between the attorneys defending the former International Monetary Fund director and those representing his accuser, Sofitel hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo.

THE maid accusing French politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape has filed a civil suit in New York alleging a “sadistic attack” and seeking unspecified compensation.

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.

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.

Lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn have met US prosecutors for what the defence called a productive discussion, but there was no immediate word on what would happen to the sex assault case hit by doubts about the accuser's credibility.

Prosecutors have serious questions about the credibility of a hotel housekeeper who has accused former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn of raping her, and they are taking the extraordinary step of seeking a substantial reduction in his bail, a person familiar with the case said today.

LAWYERS for Dominique Strauss-Kahn intend to investigate the hotel maid accusing the former IMF chief of attempted rape for evidence of behavioural problems, according to court documents.

LAWYERS for former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn say they have information that could “gravely undermine the credibility” of the hotel maid who has accused him of trying to rape her.

Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn moved from a temporary space in a high-rise to a plush, four-bedroom brick townhouse in New York today, where he will remain under house arrest as he awaits trial for attempted rape.

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.

Over the objections of US prosecutors, a judge agreed to free former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn from jail on one million US dollars bail on the condition he be confined to a New York apartment under armed guard while he awaits trial on attempted-rape charges.

A JUDGE agreed yesterday to free former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn from a New York City jail on the condition he post $1 million (almost €700,00) in bail and remain under house arrest, under the watch of armed guards, at a private apartment in Manhattan.

The head of the International Monetary Fund was today waiting to be brought before a US court accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid.

The New York court appearance for the International Money Fund chief accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid has been delayed, his lawyer said today.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has reduced the prison sentence imposed on a young Kerryman jailed for aggravated sexual assaults on two women, which occurred within weeks of each other, from 11 to nine years.

A Kerry teenager whose aggravated sexual assaults of two women within weeks included a threat to kill the second victim has today been jailed for 11 years by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court.

A Kerry teenager who sexually assaulted two women and threatened to kill one of them in 2006 will be sentenced next December by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court.

FOR almost 40 years, Jamie Henry’s account of how members of his company had gunned down 19 Vietnamese villagers was dismissed by the military establishment and his fight for justice ignored.

Rebels reeling from the loss of their base in Fallujah struck back with car bombings and a rocket attack on Baghdad’s Green Zone as a US official admitted that security in some areas was deteriorating so badly “it would now be difficult” to hold elections there.

A man found guilty of the Lockerbie bombing has lost his appeal against his conviction.

The defence and a British MP raised more questions today about the credibility of a witness whose evidence was critical in convicting a Libyan for the 1988 bombing of an American airliner over Lockerbie.

Lawyers for a former Libyan secret service agent today appealed to a Scottish court to overturn his conviction for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people, claiming to have new evidence proving a miscarriage of justice.

Lawyers for the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing have asked a court not to allow the trial's presiding judge "a second bite of the cherry".

A husband who shot dead a neighbour who had a long-standing affair with his wife was jailed for six years today.

Al-Megrahi’s lawyer William Taylor told the court that his client ‘‘maintains his innocence,’’ an indication he will appeal the conviction.

Workers at one of the airports which handled the bag containing the Lockerbie bomb have been accused of making mistakes that damaged security.