Embattled Strauss-Kahn to face new sex allegation

Strauss-Kahn(left), Tristane Banon(Right).

French writer Tristane Banon is to file a complaint for attempted rape against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, her lawyer said on Monday.
Banon accuses Strauss-Kahn of trying to assault her as she tried to interview him in a Paris flat in 2003.
Strauss-Kahn said he would sue Ms Banon for making false statements.
He was recently freed from house arrest in New York in a separate alleged case. He denies sexually assaulting a hotel maid in the city on 14 May.
Meanwhile, prosecutors of the New York sex assault case are going to drop all sex assault charges against the former IMF chief in the coming weeks because of doubts about his accuser's credibility.


"We all know this case is not sustainable," the newspaper quoted a top investigator in the case as saying.
However, the new sexual assault allegations in France are unlikely to affect his New York trial, experts have opined.
It was shortly after Strauss-Kahn was arrested in New York that Banon came forward to say that he had tried to assault her.
She did not go to the police at the time, but did raise the allegation in a TV chat show in 2007, when Strauss-Kahn's name was bleeped out.
Banon's lawyer, David Koubbi, said on Monday that she had instructed him "to file a formal criminal complaint for attempted rape" against Mr Strauss-Kahn. He said the complaint would be filed yesterday to a Paris prosecutor.
He said the alleged incident took place in February 2003, and not in 2002 as previously reported.
Banon, 32, has claimed that during the interview, Strauss-Kahn said he would only speak to her if she held his hand.
According to her version of events, she eventually had to fight him off as they wrestled on the floor and he undid her bra and pulled open her jeans.

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Yemeni President Saleh’s health ‘stable’

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is “stable” after being treated in Riyadh for bomb wounds.
The veteran leader’s health status has been sketchy since he was flown on Saturday to Riyadh for treatment from wounds sustained in a bomb attack the day before on his presidential compound. He has not been seen in public since.
“The condition of the Yemeni president is stable,” a Saudi official said on condition of anonymity, adding the beleaguered president was waiting for doctors to “appoint a date for cosmetic surgery.”
Saleh, 69, would undergo a cosmetic operation to treat “light burns on the scalp,” he said, adding that “reports on the deterioration of his health condition are baseless.”
On Tuesday, US officials said Saleh was burned over 40 percent of his body and suffered bleeding in the brain from the attack, indicating his wounds were worse than initially reported. The revelation cast doubts on a quick return to Yemen and pointed to a deepening power vacuum.
Yemeni Vice President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi has insisted that Saleh is in good condition and that he will return to Yemen within days.
The Saudi newspaper Al-Watan yesterday quoted a Yemeni diplomat in Riyadh as saying that Saleh’s condition was no longer critical despite his having been “in great danger” earlier.

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Bangladesh’s pop guru Azam Khan Died

Bangladesh’s pop guru Azam Khan Died today Sunday 5th June 2011 in CHM Dhaka. He was the Pop King “Pop Guru” of Bangladesh. He start the band music trend in Bangladeshi Bangla(Bengali) Music.
Before that Bangladesh’s pop guru Azam Khan has been put on a life support system, his family said.

The legendary musician is in Square Hospitals for treatment of oral cancer.
Doctors there are saying nothing but that his brain is functioning, daughter Ema Khan told bdnews24.com.
They told the family he will be kept under observation for three to four days.

Bangladeshi Pop Guru Azam Khan

Azam Khan, or Mahbubul Haque Khan, born Feb 28, 1950 the capital’s Azimpur, is one of the pioneers of Bangla rock.
The Bangla pop maestro began his band Uchharon in the early 1070s. He fought in the Liberation War of 1971.
Azam Khan returned from Singapore in December last year after treatment for his oral cancer. He was admitted to Square Hospitals on May 22 when his health deteriorated.
He has released 17 solo albums to date. A large number of his songs were also released in mixed albums.
‘Ore Saleka, Ore Maleka’ is one of his songs that became very popular in the eighties.
Source: bdnews24.com

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