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Spare a thought for the British traveler this holiday season. Heavy snow forecast for late Thursday, usually enough to bring the country to a halt, will likely disrupt many people's weekend road and rail journeys. Thousands more, meanwhile, are stranded overseas after Wednesday's collapse of Flyglobespan, Scotland's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brits Get Some Holiday Cheer: No British Air Strike | 12/17/2009 | See Source »

Not surprisingly, Unite pledged Thursday to hold another vote, a process that usually takes at least a couple of weeks. But by bungling the first one and choosing to stretch out the proposed strike over 12 days - a duration BA staff weren't aware of at the time of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brits Get Some Holiday Cheer: No British Air Strike | 12/17/2009 | See Source »

Both sides, then, have an interest in resolving the spat. Airline and union bosses resumed a second day of talks Thursday aimed at finding a middle ground. Unite's biggest gripe: the cuts, part of BA's plan to pare staff costs by $230 million, were imposed on employees without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brits Get Some Holiday Cheer: No British Air Strike | 12/17/2009 | See Source »

Fake "North Korean" missiles have been hurtling over the Pacific toward the U.S. for years, providing test fodder for the Pentagon's missile-defense systems. But next month, the fake enemy missiles flying over the same ocean are going to be "Iranian." The timing of the test, however, has nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pentagon Prepares for a Missile Attack from 'Iran' | 12/17/2009 | See Source »

Next month's missile test not only will be aimed at a threat deemed less than urgent but will also involve tougher technical challenges. Destroying a "North Korean" missile involves hitting it as it zooms from left to right across an interceptor's field of view, but the locations of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pentagon Prepares for a Missile Attack from 'Iran' | 12/17/2009 | See Source »

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