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Lawyers defending Dominique Strauss-Kahn against allegations he was involved in a French prostitution ring say he is being unfairly targeted for his active extramarital sex life and committed no crime.

Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was charged in France for his alleged participation in a prostitution ring, prosecutors said.

A young woman from Texas described how Mr. Weiner used Facebook to direct sexually charged comments.

The chairman of the Republican National Committee on Tuesday called for Rep. Anthony Weiner to resign from Congress, saying no investigation was necessary "to know he lied and acted inappropriately."

Rep. Anthony Weiner apologized for falsely claiming that his Twitter account was hacked after a lewd photo showed up. The New York Democrat said he's not resigning.

Faced with a legal and media onslaught, Dominique Strauss-Kahn is pulling together a crack team of investigators, former spies and media advisers to fight back against charges he sexually assaulted a hotel chambermaid.

A junior minister in French President Nicolas Sarkozy's center-right government resigned on Sunday after he was accused of sexual harassment by two women, the government said.