My laptop won't stay alive while on it's battery

I know this is the same topic as a few other people. I have an Applecare protection plan but i'm just wondering if it covers my laptop in Canada as well, if i bought it in UK? I'm flying out soon so i can't go to see someone at Apple- which seems to be the answer to the problem. Unless anyone knows why it just turns off when i turn the AC off?
Thanks.

I have a MacBook bought in June 2006 and have the same problem: though my battery appears to be fully charged (100% charge according to battery icon and all of the green lights on the battery light up when I press the magic button on the bottom of the battery), as soon as I unplug from AC power the MacBook shuts down. This problem began in September when I downloaded and installed that period's firmware update, but I haven't had time to deal with it until now. I know from several other threads that many, many others have had troubles getting their MacBook to recognize the battery, and some have reported that a new battery solved the problem (buth others say the problem just reoccurs with a new battery within a couple of hours or days) but this is different since from all appearances the battery seems to be fully charged. Following many people's advice on other threads, I've reset the PRAM and PMU -- and attempted to reset the NVRAM, though I was unsuccesful since my computer didn't respond the way the instructions said it would (!!) -- and I've deleted the powermanager.plist file, all to absolutely no effect.
Can anyone suggest what this might be? Could it be the firmware update that messed up the internal power management of the MacBook? Is there any way to return to pre-September 2006 firmware to undo the damage, if this is the problem? Help! And thanks!

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