Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn will be tried on charges of pimping, prosecutors said on Friday, capping an inquiry into sex parties attended by a man whose French presidential hopes were dashed by a separate 2011 U.S. sex scandal. Prosecutors in the northern city of Lille said investigating judges had determined that Strauss-Kahn, 64, who has been under investigation in the case since 2012, should be judged by a criminal court. The decision came as a surprise after a public prosecutor had recommended in June that the inquiry be dropped without trial. “We’re not in the realm of the law, we’re in ideology. ... (full story)