19 May 2011 Updated at 17:27 ET
Dominique Strauss-Kahn: Ex-IMF boss wins New York bail
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been granted bail by a judge in a New York court, after being formally charged with trying to rape a hotel maid.
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