BERLIN, Oct 12, 2008 (AFP) - Germany' TUI has agreed to sell its container shipping unit Hapag-Lloyd to a Hamburg-based consortium for 4.45 billion euros (6.02 billion dollars), the firm said in a statement Sunday.

BERLIN, Oct 12, 2008 (AFP) - Germany's TUI decided on Sunday to sell its container shipping line Hapag-Lloyd for 4.5 billion euro (6.0 billion dollars), allowing it to focus solely on tourism, according to a statement.

WASHINGTON, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - Slovakia and the United States signed a bilateral agreement in Washington on Wednesday that paves the way for Slovaks to visit the United States without first procuring a visa.

MADRID, Oct 6, 2008 (AFP) - The tie-up between British Airways and Spanish national carrier Iberia will take longer than expected due to the downturn in the aviation sector, BA president Willie Walsh said in an interview published Monday.

MONT-SAINT-MICHEL, France, Oct 2, 2008 (AFP) - France's stunning Mont-Saint-Michel, the coastal abbey set atop a tidal island, was erected in 708 to warn unbelievers of the terrible power of the Christian God.

MONT-SAINT-MICHEL, France, Oct 2, 2008 (AFP) - France's stunning Mont-Saint-Michel, the coastal abbey set atop a tidal island, was erected in 708 to warn unbelievers of the terrible power of the Christian God.

HANOI, Sept 30, 2008 (AFP) - Demand for air travel continued to slow in August as the sector endures a 'perfect storm' of rising fuel costs and the global financial crisis, an industry group said Tuesday in Hanoi.

LONDON, Sept 29, 2008 (AFP) - Thomas Cook, the British travel group, said Monday it had pulled out of discussions on merging its German low-cost airline with Lufthansa's Germanwings and TUIfly Germany.

'We have withdrawn from discussions with Lufthansa and TUI Travel in relation to a potential merger of Condor, Germanwings and TUIfly Germany,' Thomas Cook said in a statement.

WASHINGTON, Sept 16, 2008 (AFP) - The US government offered Tuesday to arrange to fly American citizens out of Bolivia after encouraging them to leave unrest there.

WASHINGTON, Sept 16, 2008 (AFP) - The US government on Tuesday offered to arrange to fly Americans out of Bolivia after encouraging them to leave unrest there.