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apparently called, saying he left his cell phone behind, that s when authorities caught up with him on the air france flight, within ten minutes before takeoff, arresting him and bringing him to manhattan, where he will spend many, many more days behind bars. martha: what a scene it must have been on that airplane when they dragged him off of there. julie, thank you very much. a little background, strauss-kahn is known as the architect of france s economic recovery back in the late 90s, served as finance minister in france s socialist government from 97- 99, in that same year he was forced to resign during a corruption scandal. fast forward to 2007, when then-political rival nicolas sarkozy recommended him for the imf post, some say sort of pushing him off the radar and allowing sarkozy to move to the presidency. now they re head to head in a potential race down the road. strauss-kahn has been widely seen as a favorite to unseat sarkozy, he s been doing very well running up to that

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