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Lagarde: Won't Let French Case Distract From IMF Focus

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said she would not let a French criminal probe distract her from her role at the world's emergency lending institution."I will be very happy to travel for a couple of days to Paris, but it's not going to change my focus, my attention and my enthusiasm for doing the work that I do," Ms. Lagarde said at an IMF press conference.A French court summoned the IMF chief for questioning next month as part of a criminal probe into whether she was complicit in any misuse of public funds in 2009 when she served as finance minister, her French lawyer said Thursday.At first forgetting to answer the reporter's questions, Lagarde laughed, then said, "There is nothing new under the sun, and ever since 2011, I had known very well that I would be heard by the investigating commission.""My lawyer has issued a statement, so any further and additional information, I would really refer you to that," she said.Ms. Lagarde's lawyer Yves Repiquet sa...

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