NewsFrench court to investigate new IMF chief Lagarde : A French court is to investigate newly-appointed International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde for suspected 'aiding and abetting falsification' and 'misappropriation of public funds' in her handling of a huge compensation payout awarded to controversial French businessman Bernard Tapie while she was finance minister. Michel Deléan reports (see also links to Mediapart's investigations and reporting of the Lagarde case on Page 2).