Europe defends traditional claim to IMF's top job; Brazil disagrees

Thursday, May 19, 2011

BERLIN -- Europe is staking its claim to the top job at the IMF ahead of the expected departure of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, fending off any push from developing nations like China, Brazil and South Africa for an end to that traditional monopoly.

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