IMF head Strauss-Kahn charged over New York 'sex crime'
The head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has been charged by New York police over an alleged sex attack on a hotel maid.
Mr Strauss-Kahn firmly denies the charges against him.
The IMF chief was taken off an Air France plane at John F Kennedy airport minutes before it left for Paris.
Laura Trevelyan reports.