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DUBLIN, Aug 2 (Reuters) - A gay senator who was the front-runner to win Ireland's figurehead presidency quit the race on Tuesday after admitting he used his office to plead for clemency for a friend convicted of having sex with a minor.

Rep. David Wu could be eligible for pension and benefits worth more than $1 million in his lifetime, according to an analysis by the National ...

Democratic Rep. David Wu of Oregon announced Tuesday that he will resign amid the political fallout from an 18-year-old woman's allegations of an unwanted sexual encounter with him....

Top House Democrats, including Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, are again calling for the Ethics Committee to investigate one of their own, this time following allegations of sexual misconduct by Oregon Rep. David Wu.

The hotel worker allegedly attacked by Dominique Strauss-Kahn has spoken out for the first time, revealing her identity and detailing her alleged attack. Nafissatou Diallo, whose identity had been protected until she decided to speak, gave interviews to Newsweek magazine and ABC news detailing her alleged attack by the former International Monetary Fund boss. The case against Strauss-Kahn appeared close to collapse last month after Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance said Diallo had lied about her background.

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will not plead guilty to minor charges or cut a deal in the sexual assault case against him in New York, his lawyer said in remarks published Thursday.

The hotel maid who accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault sued the New York Post and five of its journalists for libel on Tuesday for reporting that she was a prostitute.

A French novelist will file a complaint on Tuesday accusing Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape, her lawyer said, raising the prospect of a new sex assault investigation starting just as the U.S. case against the former International Monetary Fund chief falters.
The announcement threw Strauss-Kahn’s legal situation in his home country into question, and injected fresh uncertainty into a national debate about whether he will be able to return to his political career and enter the 2012 presidential race.

The opposition Socialists said that the prospect of Dominique Strauss-Kahn standing for the presidency next year was unlikely.

Dormant anti-Americanism has been reawakened in France, fueled by a sense that the culture of the United States has undermined fair play.