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After 388 days, Somali pirates free British couple (AP)

November 15th, 2010

British sailors Paul and Rachel Chandler, left, talk with a local leader after the two were released from captivity on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010 in Adado town, Somalia. The British couple kidnapped off their private yacht by Somali pirates more than a year ago were set free Sunday, ending one of the most drawn-out and dramatic hostage situations since the rash of piracy began off East Africa. Pirates boarded the Chandler's 38-foot yacht the night of Oct. 23, 2009, while sailing from the island nation of Seychelles. The couple, married for almost three decades, took early retirement about four years ago and were spending six-month spells at sea. (AP Photo)AP - The retired British couple were sailing the world on a 38-foot-yacht that represented most of their life savings when Somali pirates captured them last year, demanding the sort…

British couple freed by pirates arrives in Kenya (Reuters)

November 14th, 2010

Released British hostage Rachel Chandler disembarks from a plane as she arrives at the airport in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, November 14, 2010. REUTERS/Omar FarukReuters - A plane carrying British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler landed in the Kenyan capital on Sunday after their release from captivity by Somali pirates.


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British couple released by Somali pirates (Reuters)

November 14th, 2010

Released British hostage Rachel Chandler disembarks from a plane as she arrives at the airport in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, November 14, 2010. REUTERS/Omar FarukReuters - Somali pirates released British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler on Sunday after holding them hostage for more than a year.


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Somali pirates free British couple (AFP)

November 14th, 2010

A woman watches video footage last year of British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler after they were kidnapped while sailing off the coast of Somalia. Pirates on Sunday freed the couple, ending an ordeal that started when their yacht was hijacked a year ago.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Somali pirates on Sunday freed British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler, ending an ordeal that started when their yacht was hijacked off the idyllic shores of the Seychelles…

British PM on trade-boosting visit to China (AFP)

November 8th, 2010

Prime Minister David Cameron, pictured, has arrived in China on a bid to win trade deals to boost his country's fragile economy -- but differences over human rights issues could overshadow the trip.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron arrived in China on Tuesday on a bid to win trade deals to boost his country’s fragile economy — but differences over human rights…

British watchdog says Google ‘Street View’ broke law (AFP)

November 3rd, 2010

A car equiped with a special camera that is used to photograph images for Google's Street View. Google committed a AFP - Google committed a “signficant breach” of British law when its Street View cars grabbed personal data but the Internet giant will not be fined, the country’s information commissoner…

British deputy PM: Investigate Iraq leak claims (AP)

October 24th, 2010

AP - Allegations of prisoner abuse and civilian killings in Iraq from a cache of leaked U.S. secret military documents are extremely serious and must be investigated, a top British…

British aid worker kidnapped in Somalia freed (AP)

October 20th, 2010

AP - A Somali group that kidnapped a British aid worker released the man on Wednesday after clan elders intervened, a spokeswoman for Save the Children said.

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Witness: British aid worker abducted in Somalia (AP)

October 15th, 2010

AP - A witness says masked gunmen have abducted a British aid worker and a Somali from a compound in western Somalia.

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British media join forces against Murdoch buyout (AP)

October 12th, 2010

A view of the Sky TV headquarters in west London, Tuesday Oct. 12, 2010. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has dominated Britain's press for decades, shaking Fleet Street to its foundations and dueling with the BBC. But Murdoch's latest move, an attempt to consolidate his hold over the broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC, may be a step too far. An unprecedented media coalition has appealed to the government to take a close look at the multibillion-pound (-dollar) buyout. Murdoch's News Corp. owns 39 percent of BSkyB and wants to buy the rest of it. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - He’s dominated Britain’s media landscape for decades, shaking Fleet Street to its foundations and dueling with the venerable BBC.


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