Hotels in New York City have agreed to approve a hotel union request to give housekeepers personal panic buttons. The move comes after a Sofitel hotel maid accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape last May.
American director Abel Ferrara plans to make a film starring Gerard Depardieu (pictured) as Dominique Strauss-Kahn, whose political career was destroyed by a hotel maid's allegations of rape, with Isabelle Adjani in the role of his wife.
The Huffington Post launched its French version Monday under the direction of Anne Sinclair (centre), wife of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who resigned as head of the IMF in May after being charged with sexual assault. The charges were later dropped.
In the papers today, the captain of the capsized Italian cruise ship testifies that he took a "standard" route normally accepted by the coast guard, suggesting culpability could go beyond him. Also, US hawks are urged to abandon talk of attacking Iran, there's yet another return to the war of words between the UK and Argentina over the Falklands, and the Huffington Post comes to France - you'll never guess who is at the helm.
Anne Sinclair, former anchor of France’s most popular TV show and the wife of shamed former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has been chosen to run the French version of American news website The Huffington Post.
MEDIAWATCH FRANCE, Thurs. 12/1/2011: The UMP party is being slammed for using "trashy" tactics to undermine the left in the run-up to this spring's residential election. Also, is Eva Joly the "Sarah Palin" of France? So says Brigitte Bardot. Finally, another bad headline for DSK and a website to summon Steve Jobs from beyond the grave...
The latest spike in unemployment grabs headlines with just four months to go before the presidential election. It's extra fuel for partisanship on the front pages of two of the main papers: Libération knocks Sarkozy for placing his supporters in key positions, while Le Figaro slams Hollande for groping in the dark. That's the focus for this look at the French papers, Wednesday 28th December 2011.
Shamed French Socialist Dominique Strauss-Kahn made his first public appearance on Monday since his arrest in May over sexual assault allegations in New York. The former IMF chief chose an economic forum in Beijing to stage his re-emergence.
FRENCH PAPERS, Fri. 09/12/11. The French papers are buzzing about recently released surveillance footage from the Sofitel hotel. The video shows Dominique Strauss-Kahn checking out of the New York hotel where he was accused of committing attempted rape and show his accuser appearing to act out the alleged attack. Meanwhile, another scandal is beginning to emerge, this time concerning allegations of corruption at the Pas-de-Calais branch of the Socialist Party.
