Canada budget set for Feb 26, could spark election

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s minority Conservative government will present its 2008-09 budget on Feb. 26, a document that could trigger an election in mid-April. After Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced the budget

French strike hits Paris airport flights

PARIS, (Reuters) – One in two flights to Orly airport south of Paris was cancelled on Monday due to a strike by some air-traffic controllers, France‘s civil aviation authority (DGAC) said. A