Hostages Freed
PAR2000082904 -29 AUGUST 2000 - PARIS, FRANCE: Sonia Wendling, left, next to her sister Christell, arrive at Charles de Gaulle airport. She is one of several French hostages held on the island of Jolo, and freed thanks to intervention by Libya's general Kadhafi. mc/xl/Xavier Lhospice UPI
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PARIS, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A strike by security staff disrupted outgoing flights at two major French airports Saturday morning, officials said.
PARIS, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris returned to normal Thursday night but Germany's airports were still closed or disrupted from heavy snowfall, officials said.
NEW YORK, July 24 (UPI) -- A New York lawyer has filed a $5 million lawsuit against Delta Airlines, saying he has been waiting months to be reimbursed for a canceled flight from Paris.
PARIS, July 3 (UPI) -- Five individuals and Continental Airlines face manslaughter charges in connection with a Concorde plane crash in France eight years ago, authorities say.
PARIS, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A French government security official has said 72 suspect Muslim airport workers have lost security clearance, but many others still work in sensitive areas.
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PARIS, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Transportation throughout France was at a crawl Tuesday as seven labor unions struck for a single day to protest unemployment.
PARIS, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- French prosecutors have begun questioning senior officials with the former Concorde aircraft project over a fiery crash in 2000 that killed 113 people.
CHICAGO, July 9 (UPI) -- A plane bound from Paris to Chicago was forced to turn back when U.S. agents discovered it was carrying a passenger on the federal no-fly list.
SAO PAULO, March 14 (UPI) -- A bomb scare delayed a Brazilian airliner scheduled to take off from the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, Estado de Sao Paulo reported Monday.