PARIS (AP) — France’s Socialists are lauding a move by New York prosecutors to drop the attempted rape case against prominent party figure Dominique Strauss-Kahn, after a stormy two months for the ex-International Monetary Fund chief that upended the French presidential race.
A New York judge is expected to dismiss the United States case Tuesday at the request of prosecutors, who expressed concerns about the credibility of the hotel chambermaid who accused him.
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French Socialists applaud pending demise of Strauss-Kahn case
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August 23, 2011