Football scandal girl film wins a top Cannes award

A film starring a former under-age escort at the heart of a scandal that shook the French football team won one of the top prizes at the Cannes film festival on Thursday.

VN Airlines to appeal ruling An Italian court has granted Vietnam Airlines an appeal over a settlement issued in 2004 ordering the carrier to pay 5.2 million euros (US$6.68 million) in compensation and fees for the dismissal of Italian lawyer Maurizio Liberati by one of its agents in the 1990s.