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Pirelli, Mercedes to answer 'Tire-gate' charges

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:30:04 -0400

PARIS - Mercedes and Pirelli must answer charges that they breached Formula One rules by testing tires together.

Paris returns stretch of riverbank to pedestrians

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:16:15 -0400

PARIS - Paris has given back a stretch of its riverbank to pedestrians - and just in time for summer.

Alcatel-Lucent plans overhaul, big cost cuts

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:25:30 -0400

PARIS - Telecommunications equipment manufacturer Alcatel-Lucent launched a major effort Wednesday to boost its fortunes by shedding businesses and jobs as part of a deep cost cutting program.

Game On: 'Grid 2' steers arcade-simulation course...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:56:30 -0400

By CHRIS CAMPBELL - "Grid 2"

AP Interview: Wiggins will be strong in 2014

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:42:33 -0400

PARIS - The director of the Tour de France expects Bradley Wiggins to come roaring back in 2014 after not defending his crown in this year's race that starts in just over a week.

Boeing nets orders for 102 stretch 787s

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:59:09 -0400

LE BOURGET, France - Boeing Co. won major orders from five customers for a stretched-out version of its popular 787 Dreamliner jet at the Paris Air Show Tuesday, further evidence of a strengthening market for more expensive long-haul jets.

Ribery, Benzema prostitution trial is adjourned

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:59:08 -0400

PARIS - A trial involving Bayern Munich star Franck Ribery and Real Madrid's Karim Benzema on charges they solicited an underage prostitute has been adjourned until January.

Boeing nets orders for 102 stretch 787s

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:56:11 -0400

Paris Air Show peek: Wide-body battle and drones

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:58:42 -0400

PARIS - The Paris Air Show, which opened for business on Monday, brings hundreds of aircraft to the skies around the French capital, the usual tense competition between aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus, and a slew of innovations large and small. Here's what to look for over the show:

Paris Air Show peek: Wide-body battle and drones

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:40:08 -0400

PARIS - The Paris Air Show, which opens for business on Monday, brings hundreds of aircraft to the skies around the French capital, the usual tense competition between aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus, and a slew of innovations large and small. Here's what to look for over the show:

Northern New England shows off at Paris Air Show

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:13:42 -0400

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vermont - Aerospace companies from northern New England will be well represented at the upcoming Paris Air Show.

EU gets deal on trans-Atlantic trade pact mandate

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:00:28 -0400

LUXEMBOURG - The European Union worked around French objections on Friday to agree on a free trade negotiating mandate for sweeping talks with the United States that President Barack Obama wants to officially open next week.

O'Malley headed to Europe on trade trip

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:11:28 -0400

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland - Gov. Martin O'Malley is going to France and Ireland on a trade and investment mission.

First flight of Airbus A350 reopens wide-body race

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:44:36 -0400

PARIS - Airbus sent a new wide-body plane into the skies Friday that sets the stage for intensifying competition with U.S. rival Boeing - with consequences for jobs, airlines' investments and the reputations of the powerful plane makers.

First flight of Airbus A350 reopens wide-body race

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:03:28 -0400

PARIS - The Airbus A350's maiden flight ended with a safe landing on Friday, setting the stage for intensifying competition with U.S. rival Boeing in the long-haul wide-body aircraft market.

Fla. Gov. leads trade mission to Paris

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:44:20 -0400

TALLAHASSEE, Florida - Florida Gov. Rick Scott is leaving Friday on another foreign trip, this time heading to Paris for a week to attend an international air show.

France hit by train strike after airport action

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:41:45 -0400

PARIS - After two days of air traffic controller strikes, French rail workers are now walking off the job to protest a reorganization of the national rail and train companies.

Strike over EU plan disrupts European flights

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:41:04 -0400

PARIS - A strike by air traffic controllers forced cancellations of more than 60 percent of flights around France and disrupted travel elsewhere in Europe on Wednesday, as workers protested a plan to simplify the continent's patchwork airspace.

Exhibit glorifies Palestinian suicide bombers

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:41:56 -0400

PARIS - A state-funded museum in Paris is causing outrage among France's Jewish community for staging a photo exhibition that calls Palestinian suicide bombers "martyrs."

Strike over EU plan disrupts European flights

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:22:35 -0400

Bryant, MDA officials to attend Paris Air Show

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:46:09 -0400

JACKSON, Mississippi - A group including Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant and Mississippi Development Authority Director Brent Christensen will attend next week's Paris Air Show.

EU nations battle over air traffic control plans

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:15:55 -0400

PARIS - A massive battle is taking place in the skies over Europe - and airplane passengers across the continent are feeling its effects.

French strike leads protest of EU air travel plan

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:57:21 -0400

PARIS - Air traffic controllers in France kicked off a series of strikes against a European plan to overhaul their industry, forcing the country's main airports to cut their flight timetables in half on Tuesday.

World air fleet to double in 20 years, Boeing says

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 07:48:17 -0400

PARIS - Boeing predicted that the number of commercial aircraft in operation globally will double in the next two decades, with the bulk of some 35,000 new planes going to Asia, an executive from the US airplane-maker said Tuesday.

France warns of mass disruption in airport strikes

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:30:10 -0400

PARIS - France's main airports are asking airlines to cut their flight timetables in half ahead of three days of strikes by air traffic controllers that is scheduled to begin Tuesday in France and is expected to spread throughout Europe on Wednesday.