Court delays Strauss-Kahn ruling

A French court has delayed a ruling on whether to drop several charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief who has successfully fought accusations linked to his “libertine” lifestyle.

The Sipa news agency reported that the court set a new date of December 19 on Strauss-Kahn’s demand to annul the charges linking him to a suspected prostitution ring run out of a luxury hotel in the northern city of Lille.