The plane was forced to turn back to Paris. Mr Hollande later completed his journey on a second plane.
During his inauguration speech earlier in the day, the Socialist president appealed for "a compromise"
French President Hollande's plane 'hit by lightning'
The plane was forced to turn back to Paris. Mr Hollande later completed his journey on a second plane.
During his inauguration speech earlier in the day, the Socialist president appealed for "a compromise"
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Romney shifts focus to Obama, vowing to unveil a ‘better America’ if elected
Speaking to a crowd in Manchester, N.H., Romney said the country is suffering from the "failed leadership
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Romney Raised $12.6 Million in March, Best Fundraising Month
In the past year, the former Massachusetts governor and onetime private-equity executive has raised $87 million. The campaign has close to $10.1 million cash on hand, according to the release.
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Super Tuesday highlights Republican divide
By carrying Super Tuesday’s marquee state of Ohio, Romney puts into his column a Rust Belt state home to both blue-collar workers and social conservatives.
But after a brutal nig
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Obama among the winners in Iowa
The Upresident's re-election campaign had reason to smile early Wednesday, as Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum battled to a virtual dead heat in the caucuses that kicked off the campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
Romn
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Factbox: A look at North Korean leader Kim Jong-il
Early Tuesday, the state news agency KCNA announced that Kim had named his youngest son, Kim Jong-un, as a military general. This suggested that a dynastic succession pr
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Kim Jong Il Death Sparks North Korea Succession as South Braces for Impact
Kim Jong Il died Dec. 17 from a heart attack brought on by mental and physical strain, the official Korean Central News Ag
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Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov to run for president against Putin
Putin is expected to win the March 4 election despite growing signs of discontent with his rule after a parliamentary election that the opposition said
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Obama orders cut in Afghan force
In a nationally televised address from the East Room of the White House, Obama said 10,000 of the "surge" forces would withdraw by the end of this year, and the other 23,000 would leave Afghanistan by September 2012.
At the sam
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Ayman al-Zawahiri appointed al Qaeda's new leader
Al-Zawahiri has played a defining role in al Qaeda for more than a decade as Osama bin Laden's deputy. Even before the announcement, he had been widely regarded as the organization's de facto leader.
The announcement, dated June 2011 but which surfaced Thursday on t
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After attack Yemen's Saleh from wounds recovering
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Egypt provide power transfer plan
Egypt has a plan and timetable for the peaceful transfer of power, the vice president said on Tuesday, as protesters called more demonstrations to show their campaign to oust President Hosni Mubarak remains potent.
With signs growing that the government may be gaining the upper hand in the struggle for power, Vice President Omar Suleiman promised no reprisals agains
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Obama calls security meeting , Mubarak will address the nation Tuesday night
[Update 8:38 p.m. Cairo, 1:38 p.m. ET] Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will address the nation Tuesday night, Reuters reports.
[Update 8:11 p.m. Cairo, 1:11 p.m. ET] President Obama is calling Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and his other top national security advisers to the White House this afternoon for a meeting on Egypt, a senio
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Mubarak Must leave Egypt
Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei made his way through swarming crowds in Cairo's Tahrir Square Sunday, an appearance that signaled a defiant gesture against the current military curfew.
The move could also signal a possible attempt to position himself as President Hosni Mubarak's leading opponent.
Earlier Sunday, ElBaradei called for Mubarak to "leave today and sa
