European debt crisis
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund, has been refused bail after appearing in court in New York charged with sexually assaulting a chambermaid at a hotel in Manhattan. The decision by the judge to remand him in custody yesterday will likely disrupt emergency talks over the 
, demolish hopes that he will challenge Nicolas Sarkozy for the French presidency, and spell the end of his political career.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn refused bail after appearance in New York court