's largest airline has learned it sometimes has to take a back seat to the country's biggest sporting passion,
, the head of
said on Tuesday.
final on airport televisions ignored repeated calls to board.
for a reason Air Canada had not yet encountered in over 72 years of existence,” chief executive Calin Rovinescu told [...]

Sunday in an attempt to intimidate those taking part in elections that will determine whether their country can overcome deep sectarian divides as U.S. forces prepare to leave.
The conclusion of the vote, however, did not spell an immediate end to political uncertainty. It could be days until results come in and with the fractured [...]

Lord Mandelson on Sunday denied that Gordon Brown “bullies” his staff amid allegations that the head of the civil service was forced to warn the prime minister over his behaviour.
The business secretary admitted that Mr Brown was “impatient” and at times “angry with himself” but insisted it was merely a reflection of his “passion” [...]

TEL NOF AIR FORCE BASE, Israel –
.
say the Heron TP drones have a wingspan of 86 feet (26 meters), making them the size of passenger jets. They say the planes can fly 20 consecutive hours, and are primarily used for surveillance and carrying payloads.
The drones, built by state-owned
, were first used [...]

TOKYO – As pressure intensifies for Toyota’s chief to testify before Congress about the automaker’s safety lapses, Japanese political leaders and experts worry that the problem — if handled poorly — could damage ties between the two nations.
are already strained by a dispute between the two governments over the relocation of a key U.S. [...]

KABUL, Afghanistan — When 60 or more nations convene in London Thursday to discuss Afghanistan's future, the script calls for agreement on plans to split the
, a process to reach an eventual political settlement, improvements in governance and the battle against corruption.
takes the podium.
“In the past, President Karzai has occasionally used public [...]

’s devastation and upheaval since the Jan. 12 earthquake there has been one constant: the sound of
, the only radio station in the country that remained on the air after the quake hit, broadcasting through the following tumultuous days. “I cannot tell you how this happened, but our antennae did not fall down,” the [...]

UGLOVKA, Russia – A powerful homemade bomb sent a high-speed
-to-St. Petersburg train careening off its tracks, Russian officials said Saturday, killing at least 26 people in what officials consider an act of terrorism.
The head of Russia’s Federal Security Service,
, said experts found pieces of an explosive device that detonated around 9:30 Friday [...]

Tegucigalpa, Honduras and Mexico City –
For months, ousted Honduran President
– with the backing of the world community – has demanded that Roberto Micheletti step down as the interim president of this Central American nation roiled in political conflict.
Thursday evening, he may have gotten his wish: Mr. Micheletti told the nation that he will [...]

were put on public display for the first time Friday.
sneaked into Ukraine in March of 1933, at the height of a famine engineered by
. Millions of people starved to death between 1932 and 1933 as the
.
Jones’ reporting was one of the first attempts to bring the disaster to the world’s attention.
[...]