Briefly World: Strauss-Kahn settles lawsuit with hotel maid

Strauss-Kahn settles lawsuit with hotel maid

New York: Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Nafissatou Diallo, a hotel maid who had accused him of sexual assault, have settled the lawsuit she had filed against him for an undisclosed sum. Strauss-Kahn was not present at the hearing.

Hawking, CERN scoop biggest science prize

GENEVA : Yuri Milner's Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation Tuesday announced it was awarding two special prizes of $3 million each to British cosmologist Stephen Hawking for his work on black holes and seven scientists at CERN for their roles in the discovery of a new subatomic particle believed to be the Higgs Boson.

Indian woman gets 20 yrs in jail for fraud

New York: Meera Sachdev, 50, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay a penalty of over $14 million on charges of healthcare fraud.

Mali PM arrested by military, resigns

BAMAKO: Soldiers arrested Mali Prime Minister Cheikh Modibo Diarra at his residence late Monday night. Hours later, he appeared on national television to announce his government's resignation.

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