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When the U.S. news network predicted a looming invasion of Haiti, it triggered a media frenzy, attracting international journalists and sparking a media invasion of the embattled island nation. The anticipation of military action drew top war correspondents, including Christiane Amanpour and Peter Arnett of CNN, who arrived in
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The European Union has approved a significant bailout for France's loss-making flag carrier, Air France, amidst controversy and expected opposition from Britain and other non-subsidized European airlines. The EU's executive body, the Commission, has allowed France to extend a capital injection of $3.68 billion (20
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Tens of thousands of students in Paris and other French cities took to the streets to celebrate their victory over the conservative government's plan to pay young people a minimum wage that was heavily criticized as discriminatory. The government's decision to revoke the decree, which allowed
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Air France's newly appointed president, Christian Blanc, has put the ball in the unions' court with a deadline of Thursday to agree to a controversial rationalization plan aimed at saving the loss-making state-controlled airline. The plan, which includes 5,000 job cuts, longer working hours for ground
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The US State Department has called on Gabon to respect human rights after the country's presidential guards blocked seven opposition leaders, including four former candidates, from boarding a flight to Paris and Washington. The move is seen as part of a broader crackdown on opposition politicians, who have
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As Poland's LOT airlines and Hungarian national carrier MALEV struggle with competition from Western carriers, they are not alone in the challenge. Eastern European airlines, once the darlings of their countries' centrally run economies, are now facing the brutal realities of competition in a market-driven world. The
