Greece : "Ah, the IMF! Mr Strauss-Kahn in person! Good timing. We will be now able to talk about that 12 billion euro tranche from the bailout fund…"

International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested and charged with attempted rape in a New York hotel on the weekend of 14/15 May, just at the moment that Greece was trying to extend its EU/IMF bailout reimbursement schedule.

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