House arrest for former IMF chief Strauss-Kahn

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.

Prosecutors said he would stay temporarily in lower Manhattan while his family and lawyers look for more permanent housing for him to await trial on charges he tried to rape a hotel maid.