USS Kitty Hawk "did not have approval to visit HK"
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The head of U.S. forces in the Pacific said on Thursday the USS Kitty Hawk, banned from entering Hong Kong in November, had not obtained final permission from China before setting off from its home base in Japan.
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A ferry service has halted cruises to Canada that promised a scenic adventure and a flu shot. Clipper Navigation had been offering &quot;flu cruises&quot; since October 21, however, Darrell Bryan, executive vice-president
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For more than eight miserable hours, Kate Hanni sat aboard a grounded plane at a Texas airport, yards from apparently empty gates. A few weeks after that December ordeal, the brassy real estate agent from California's wine country took her fight for a passengers' bill of rights to Capitol Hill.
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Thailand has refused to support a proposal at the ongoing CITES meeting to strict the trade in greatwhite sharks due to concern over the possible adverse effect on its shark
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WASHINGTON - Sen. Edward Kennedy on Thursday said that he had been misidentified on a terrorism watch list when he tried to board airliners between Washington and Boston.
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Visiting Defense Minister Robert Hill defended on Friday Canberra&#39;s proposal on a new maritime security zone following Indonesia&#39;s rejection.
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HALIFAX - A federal tribunal has rejected a company&#39;s request to hear a complaint that raises questions about Ottawa&#39;s handling of a $5-billion contract to replace the military&#39;s fleet of aging Sea King helicopters.
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Iran's controversial President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been denied permission to visit the site of the destroyed World Trade Center, a police spokesman said Wednesday. The U.S. considers Iran a state sponsor of terror. Ahmadinejad's predecessor at the time of the attacks condemned them.
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By Andrea Kelly, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Sep. 16--The committee that backed the voter-approved Regional Transportation Plan violated election law by not revealing they paid for many of the statements of support in the sample ballot, the Yuma County Attorney's Office found.
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HALIFAX (CP) - The sealift of the Canadian navy submarine HMCS Chicoutimi has been postponed because of poor weather, the Defence Department has confirmed.
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As predicted by Luchtzak Latest News one week ago, DHL will not expand its Brussels base. The refusal by the Belgian government to accept an increase in the number of night flights operated by MD-11 for intercontinental
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NASA officials on Monday postponed for a day the launch of an unmanned experimental jet that would have attempted to shoot out across the Pacific Ocean at a record speed of more than 7,000 mph (11,265 kph) after an apparent glitch
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A top Hong Kong opposition lawmaker said he was barred from entering China yesterday, an incident that may fuel anti-Beijing sentiment in upcoming legislative elections. Law Chi-kwong of the Democratic Party said the mainland government assured him he could visit for six days, in what seemed to be a conciliatory gesture by the authorities, who have branded pro-democracy figures here ...
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BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- A female US Air Force officer stationed at the air base near Bishkek disappeared while shopping in the Kyrgyz capital, the US military said yesterday.
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Criticism over failure to close 'dangerous' airport.
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Â· Martial arts enthusiast 'refused to drop firearm'   Â· Weapon was not fired, says complaints commission
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Passengers from a Continental Airlines jet bound from Tokyo for Houston walk around Cold Bay, Alaska after the jet experienced engine trouble and was forced to make an emergency landing Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2004.