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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…

Couple freed by Somali pirates ‘happy to be alive’ (AFP)

November 14th, 2010

Couple Rachel and Paul Chandler are seen at the Presidential palace in Mogadishu after their release by Somali pirates following more than a year in captivity. The Chandlers said they were AFP - Paul and Rachel Chandler said they were “happy to be alive” after the Somali pirates who hijacked the couple’s yacht near the Seychelles last year released them for…

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…

Taliban stone couple for adultery in Afghanistan (AP)

August 16th, 2010

AP - Taliban militants in northern Afghanistan stoned a young couple to death for adultery, which a rights group said was the first confirmed use of the punishment here since…

Malawi gay couple keep low profile after pardon (AP)

May 30th, 2010

FILE - In this photo taken  Thursday May, 20, 2010 file photo, Tiwonge Chimbalanga, foreground, and Steven Monjeza, left back, are led from court in Blantyre, Malawi, after a judge  sentenced the couple to the maximum 14 years in prison for unnatural acts and gross indecency under Malawi's anti-gay legislation. Malawi's president says he has pardoned and ordered the release of the two Saturday May 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Ntonya, File)AP - A gay couple from Malawi have kept out of the public eye after being pardoned and freed from prison, in what a relative said Sunday was a deliberate…

Under pressure, Malawi’s leader pardons gay couple (AP)

May 29th, 2010

FILE - In this photo taken  Thursday May, 20, 2010 file photo, Tiwonge Chimbalanga, foreground, and Steven Monjeza, left back, are led from court in Blantyre, Malawi, after a judge  sentenced the couple to the maximum 14 years in prison for unnatural acts and gross indecency under Malawi's anti-gay legislation. Malawi's president says he has pardoned and ordered the release of the two Saturday May 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Ntonya, File)AP - Malawi’s president on Saturday pardoned a gay couple who had been sentenced to 14 years in prison and ordered their release but insisted that homosexuality was still illegal…

New video of UK couple kidnapped by Somali pirates (AP)

May 26th, 2010

AP - A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates more than six months ago appeared in a video Wednesday appealing to the new U.K. government to secure their release.

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Greeks and the state: an uncomfortable couple (AP)

May 3rd, 2010

Demonstrators protest against the new economic measures during a rally in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki, Sunday, May 2, 2010. Greek Government has outlined harsh spending cuts and tax increases necessary to free up billions of euros in a joint International Monetary Fund and eurozone rescue for the debt-ridden country. Finance ministers from the 16 countries that use the euro agreed Sunday to rescue Greece with 110 billion Euros in loans over three years to keep it from defaulting on its debts.(AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)AP - A pony-tailed Greek on a motorcycle pulled up onto the sidewalk, hunting for a better parking spot, and an elderly tourist with a crutch shuffled out of the…