IMF MAN SEH SINERRA
international Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has offered to resign following an alleged sexual assault of a hotel maid in New York.
In a statement, Mr Strauss-Kahn, 62, said he had already informed the executive board of his intention to step down “with immediate effect”.
He again firmly denied the criminal charges against him.
Mr Strauss-Kahn – who is being held in New York’s Rikers Island prison – is expected to make a new plea for bail.
In the statement, Mr Strauss-Kahn said: “It is with infinite sadness that I feel compelled today to present to the Executive Board my resignation from my post of Managing Director of the IMF.
“I think at this time first of my wife – whom I love more than anything – of my children, of my family, of my friends. I think also of my colleagues at the Fund; together we have accomplished such great things over the last three years and more.
“To all, I want to say that I deny with the greatest possible firmness all of the allegations that have been made against me.
“I want to protect this institution which I have served with honour and devotion, and especially – especially – I want to devote all my strength, all my time, and all my energy to proving my innocence.”
The IMF said it would inform “in the near future” on the selection process of a new chief.
Currently the organisation is being run by John Lipsky.
MUTA SEAL HIM
Mutabaruka locks thief in car
A man who shoved popular dub poet and radio personality Mutabaruka to the ground after breaking into his car, was today sentenced to nine months imprisonment when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court.
Pete Duncan, a 19-year-old unemployed man from Temple Hall in St Andrew broke into the complainant’s car in search of a cellular phone, which he claimed Mutabaruka had stolen from him.
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Duncan was deemed fit to plead by a doctor after he was remanded for psychiatric evaluation. Senior Magistrate Judith Pusey found him guilty on charges of malicious destruction of property, assault occasioning bodily harm and attempting to steal, for which he had previously pleaded guilty. The sentences are to run concurrently.
Police report that Mutabaruka’s wife parked the vehicle in their yard and left the car doors unlocked.
Shortly after she heard strange sounds coming from inside the car and alerted her husband who went to check and saw Duncan inside the car.
The complainant asked Duncan what he was doing in the car and Duncan replied, “You a demon cause you thief me phone and a gwaan like a nuh you thief it.”
Duncan then came out of the car and pushed the dub poet to the ground and jumped back inside the car. However, Mutabaruka managed to secure the doors, locked Duncan inside the car and summoned the police who took him into custody
GOODMORNING-
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control. 2 Timothy 1:7 AMP
God did not give us a spirit of fear – God is not the author of fear – God is love and perfect love casts out fear! All fear comes from the devil. Not one kind of fear comes from God. The devil sows fear into people and then uses their fears to control and intimidate them. Faith is complete and absolute trust in the living God. Fear manifests itself in the absence of faith. There was no fear in the Garden of Eden until trust was broken and sin and guilt entered in through temptation and disobedience. We open the door to fear when we start to believe the lies of the enemy. You could say that we have faith when we believe the word of God and we have fear when we believe the word of the devil.
Since, therefore, [these His] children share in flesh and blood [in the physical nature of human beings], He [Himself] in a similar manner partook of the same [nature], that by [going through] death He might bring to nought and make of no effect him who had the power of death–that is, the devil–15 And also that He might deliver and completely set free all those who through the [haunting] fear of death were held in bondage throughout the whole course of their lives. Hebrews 2:14-15 AMP
Fear is paralyzing and keeps people in deep bondage. The strongest fear people have is the fear of death. Jesus came to die and rise again, defeating the devil and taking back the keys of death, hell, and the grave. Now, if you believe what Jesus has done for you and receive him as Lord and Savior, you lose your fear of death, because you know that even when this physical body dies, you will continue to live on. Eternal life is yours from now on, into eternity. If the worst thing that can happen to you is dying, and you no longer have a reason to fear death, then why should you be afraid of anything else or anyone else, ever again? Jesus told us to not be afraid of man – those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. He told us rather to be afraid of Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell (Matthew 10:28). God is the One we should be in awe of – not any man, nor any devil. God is the One whose opinion counts; He is the One we should respect; He is the One whose word will never pass away.
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” 6 So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid What can man do to me?” Hebrews 13:4-6 NIV
The only way to get rid of fear is to apply the word of God and your faith to the situation. Faith comes through the knowledge of God and His word – no other way. God said He would never leave you or forsake you. You can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” If God is for us then who can be against us? If God is on our side there is nothing that can touch us and no one who can harm us (Romans 8:31; Psalms 118:6). His word tells us that he has given us a spirit of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control. God gives peace of mind in the midst of chaos.
God has given us a spirit of power. We have power over the devil, power over fear, power over temptation, and every other evil thing that comes our way on a daily basis.
God has given us a spirit of love. Perfect love casts out all fear (1 John 4:18). Fear brings with it the thought of punishment, but when we have a revelation of God’s love for us, and His mercy and forgiveness; we have no fear of what He might do to us. Only those who don’t know the Lord are afraid of Him – or they should be.
God has given us a spirit of calm and well-balanced mind. Fear does not need to rule your mind! When you know what God’s word says, you can and should take authority over your mind. Take authority over your thought life. Take authority over your will and your emotions. Your mind is like a child. If left to its own devices, it will run wild. You need to take charge of your mind and tell it what to think. As a sinner, your mind was programmed with all kinds of junk and fear. As a believer, you have a responsibility to yourself to kick all that junk and fear out and reprogram your mind with the life-altering principles of God’s word.
God has given us a spirit of discipline and self-control. Fear does not need to rule your life! You can take authority – by the power of the word and the Holy Spirit – over fears that manifest themselves in and through your body. You can speak peace to your body. You need to tell your body what to do – not the other way around. You can walk victoriously in this life through the power of the word of God!
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IMF OUT CHIEF
Maid set to testify against IMF chief
Sebastian Smith
May 19, 2011 – 2:24AM
AFP
The maid who accused IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault will testify against him, rejecting any notion that she consented to sex in a New York hotel, her lawyer said.
“There is nothing consensual about what took place in that hotel room,” lawyer Jeff Shapiro told NBC television.
“I think that when the jury hears her testimony and sees her in person, and finally she can come public with this and tell her story, I think that (they will find) their claims of consensual sex or encounters are not true.”
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The 32-year-old woman, a single mother, who Shapiro says is living through an extraordinary “trauma,” alleges Strauss-Kahn groped and mauled her in his hotel suite, and forcibly tried to have oral sex.
One of the world’s most powerful men, Strauss-Kahn has denied seven counts of alleged sexual assault and attempted rape, as well as unlawful imprisonment.
He was arrested in the wake of Saturday’s alleged assault in the luxury Sofitel hotel, after being escorted from an Air France flight just minutes before take-off from John F Kennedy airport.
A judge on Monday refused him bail deeming him a flight risk, and Strauss-Kahn, who is under suicide watch in New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail, faces a long prison sentence if convicted.
But his lawyers insist he did not try to flee the country as alleged, and that he went out to lunch immediately after the alleged assault.
Lawyer Benjamin Brafman told Monday’s hearing the evidence “will not be consistent with a forcible encounter,” and according to New York Post tabloid a “source close to the defence” said “there may well have been consent.”
Prosecutors also say they have physical evidence, including a doctor’s examination of the 32-year-old victim, taken immediately after the incident which indicates attempted rape.
The scandal has thrown the French political scene into disarray, as Strauss-Kahn had been seen as a strong contender to defeat President Nicolas Sarkozy in next year’s elections.
It also comes at a critical time for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is steering delicate negotiations to help overcome the eurozone debt crisis.
Photographed handcuffed leaving a police cell, and humiliated as he slumped on a court bench along with petty criminals and down-and-outs, the 62-year-old IMF boss is under growing pressure to quit.
A grand jury is due to convene in the coming days to decide whether there is enough evidence in the accusations to proceed to trial.
EBAY TING DID REAL OO
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ALLENDALE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Authorities say a western Michigan woman offered a 2-year-old relative for sale on eBay Inc.’s auction website and accepted a man’s tongue-in-cheek bid.
The Holland Sentinel says police located the woman in Ottawa County’s Allendale Township, about 15 miles west of Grand Rapids. The woman had been caring for the child. The girl is now in her mother’s custody.
Nineteen-year-old Autumn Braden tells The Grand Rapids Press she did it to “see how eBay worked” and it “wasn’t meant to be taken seriously.”
Ottawa County sheriff’s Lt. Mark Bennett says police received calls about the Internet posting Monday from as far away as California.
Bennett says one bidder who thought it was a hoax called police when the bid was accepted and helped lead them to the woman.
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