Interactive graphic on the Airbus A380, the world's largest civilian airliner, as an Air France super-jumbo makes its first Transtlantic flight with production and delivery delays still plaguing Airbus.

First Air France A380 reaches New York

AFP - Saturday, November 21

NEW YORK (AFP) - - The world's largest airliner, an Air France A380, touched down in New York on Friday after completing the superjumbo jet's first Atlantic crossing from Europe to the United States. Full Story »

CERN atom-smasher restarts after 14-month hiatus: official

AFP - Saturday, November 21
A view of a superconducting solenoid magnet at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) near Geneva. The world's biggest atom-smasher, shut down after its inauguration in September 2008 amid technical faults, restarted on Friday, a spokesman for the European Organisation for Nuclear Research said.

GENEVA (AFP) - - The world's biggest atom-smasher, shut down after its inauguration in September 2008 amid technical faults, restarted on Friday, a spokesman for the European Organisation for Nuclear Research said.

Crisis fallout still in 'first half': forum

AFP - Saturday, November 21
Participants are seen under the World Economic Forum logo in Davos in January 2009. The impact of the global financial crisis is still in its

DUBAI (AFP) - - The impact of the global financial crisis is still in its "first half," but there is only a brief opportunity to bring tough reforms, the World Economic Forum warned on Friday.

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