An appeals court in France refused to drop prostitution-related
claims against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, which
means his legal troubles are not yet finished after more than a
year of sexual scandals. No explanation was given for the
decision, but it will allow the investigation to continue in
pursuit of allegations that Strauss-Kahn and eight other
individuals hired prostitutes to participate in sex parties at a
hotel in Lille, France. Strauss-Kahn has admitted to taking part
in the parties, but insisted he didn't know the women involved
were prostitutes.  Strauss-Kahn's lawyers had asked for the
dismissal in the hopes of finally putting an end to the
sexually-related legal problems that had forced him to resign
from his position as head of the International Monetary Fund and
scuttled any talk of him becoming the next president of France.
Back in October, prosecutors decided not to bring charges
following an accusation of rape that emerged from a different
"libertine" party at a hotel in Washin