NEW YORK (AFP)The world's largest airliner, an Air France A380, touched down in New York on Friday after completing the superjumbo jet's first Atlantic crossing from Europe to the United States.The Airbus plane, carrying 538 passengers, left Paris ea...
WASHINGTON (AFP)President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate strove Friday to lock down the support to prevail in a landmark first test vote on his top domestic priority, remaking US health care."We are not assuming a thing. We are workin...
WASHINGTON (AFP)President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate strove Friday to lock down support to prevail in a landmark first test vote on his top domestic priority, remaking the US health care system.Adding to their confidence, a waveri...
DUBLIN (AFP)Irish football chiefs renewed Friday an appeal for FIFA to order a handball-marred World Cup playoff with France to be replayed, after Thierry Henry said a re-match would be the "fairest solution."The Football Association of Ireland "call...
LONDON (AFP)A replay of the controversial World Cup play-off between France and the Republic of Ireland is out of the question, the French Football Federation (FFF) said Friday, even as skipper Thierry Henry said he would back the idea following his ...
BRUSSELS (AFP)Major world powers met in Brussels on Friday to plot their next move after Iran rejected a nuclear fuel deal, as the UN atomic watchdog's chief warned that Tehran risked losing a "unique" opportunity.Representatives of the five permanen...
CHICAGO (AFP)US television superstar Oprah Winfrey, who rose from a childhood of abuse and poverty to become a global star, will on Friday announce that her talk show will end in 2011, her production firm said."The sun will set on the 'Oprah' show as...
CHICAGO (AFP)US television superstar Oprah Winfrey, who rose from a childhood of abuse and poverty to become a global star, will on Friday announce that her talk show will end in 2011, her production firm said."The sun will set on the 'Oprah' show as...
