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15 May 2011<\/span> Last updated at<\/span> 03:20 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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Mr Strauss-Kahn was removed from a Paris-bound flight just before take-off<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Mr Strauss-Kahn was taken off an Air France plane at John F Kennedy airport minutes before it left for Paris.<\/p>\n

Police told the BBC he faced three charges, including attempted rape.<\/p>\n

The married former French finance minister is also a leading Socialist Party politician and is considered a possible candidate for the presidency.<\/p>\n

He is due to attend a meeting of European Union finance ministers in Brussels on Monday to discuss the bailouts of Portugal and Greece.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for New York’s Port Authority said they detained Mr Strauss-Kahn at the request of the New York Police Department (NYPD).<\/p>\n

He was then taken for questioning by the NYPD, which said he was co-operating fully with their enquiries.<\/p>\n

NYPD spokesman Paul Browne told the BBC Mr Strauss-Kahn had been charged with a criminal sexual act, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment relating to an incident involving a 32-year-old woman.<\/p>\n

The Frenchman stands accused of a sexual attack on a maid at a Manhattan hotel.<\/p>\n

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