
01/07/2011
Strauss-Kahn maid revelations, China labour camp survivor, Soul Train party
- Dominic Strauss-Kahn, former head of the IMF, is due in court in New York in the latest hearing on the charges of sexual assault against him - and The New York Times is reporting that the case is close to collapse, quoting sources in the prosecution
- Harry Wu is a 74 year-old Chinese-American human rights activist who spent more than 15 years in a Chinese labour camp - the Laogai
- An influential piece of American cultural history has been celebrated in Washington. Artefacts from the long-running tv music show, Soul Train, including two ten-feet wide neon signs, were donated to the National Museum of African American History and Culture
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