Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:01 +0100
Mosley secures vote of confidence from Formula One
During his 14-year tenure as the head of Formula One's ruling body, Max Mosley has seen off many challenges in his mission to build one of the world's most lucrative sports. And yesterday he passed the sternest test – by winning a confidence vote over his participation in an allegedly Nazi-themed orgy – but only at the cost of a potential worldwide rift in motorsport.
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:01 +0100
Rise of Rachida Dati: The minister, the 'virgin bride' and the row that's dividing a nation
Two decades ago Rachida Dati, a French daughter of north African immigrants, got married to a man that she barely knew. It was not quite an arranged marriage. It was a marriage "to please her family". She immediately regretted her decision. She persuaded her Algerian husband to agree to an instant annulment.
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:34:30 +0100
Brigitte Bardot fined for racism
The former French film star Brigitte Bardot was convicted today of provoking
discrimination and racial hatred by writing that Muslims were destroying
France.
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:17:11 +0100
Three women drown in flood in Germany
A severe storm unleashed heavy rains and flash floods in south-western Germany
overnight, killing three women and injuring more than 10 people, police said
today.