France's interior minister has defended the right to sunbathe topless on beaches after social outcry over police ordering women to cover up. Two gendarmes in Sainte-Marie-la-Mer, 70 miles south of Montpellier, asked three female sunbathers to put their tops on last week after a holidaymaker complained. The move caused a public outcry, with politicians from the centre, left and right uniting in condemnation - with one branding it a 'threat ...