FORMER European Commission president Jacques Delors said yesterday it was the first he had heard of a report that the presidency of the European Central Bank had been earmarked for him.
The German economic weekly Wirtschaftswoche reported the job would go to Delors in return for French acceptance that the central bank would have its headquarters in Frankfurt.
Princess Diana, who ended a trip to Angola yesterday, said she had found new fulfilment as a champion of the fight to ban landmines, a crusade she now hopes to take to troublespots around the globe.
The only son of comedian Bill Cosby was shot dead near a southern California freeway early yesterday as he stopped to change a wheel on his Mercedes convertible, police said. The body of Ennis Cosby (28) was found sprawled on the pavement next to his car.
The US adventurer Steve Fossett was west of the Straits of Gibraltar yesterday on course in his bid to circle the globe non-stop in a balloon.
The expedition said the 52-year-old wealthy commodities broker was happy and the flight was trouble free, except for a lingering question of whether the Gadafy government would grant permission to fly over Libya.
Bo Kemper, chief spokesman for the record-setting solo attempt, said British tycoon Richard Branson, whose own global balloon voyage failed a week ago, was attempting to intercede with the Libyan government on Fossett's behalf.