2010年11月14日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Govt to introduce happiness index: report (AFP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2010 06:12 PM PST

Britain will introduce a AFP - The government plans to introduce a "happiness index" to gauge its population's psychological and environmental wellbeing, a source told the Guardian newspaper Monday.

British couple freed by pirates 'happy to be alive' (AFP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2010 05:38 PM PST

British 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 British couple's yacht near the Seychelles last year released them for a ransom.

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

Posted: 14 Nov 2010 01:53 PM PST

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 of huge ransom a multimillionaire or a multinational company might cough up.

Anglo American announces assets sale to OneSteel (AFP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2010 01:47 PM PST

An employee works at a steel factory. Global mining group Anglo American said Sunday that it has agreed to sell divisions Moly-Cop and AltaSteel to Australian firm OneSteel for almost one billion US dollars.(AFP/File/Miguel Gutierrez)AFP - Global mining group Anglo American said Sunday that it has agreed to sell divisions Moly-Cop and AltaSteel to Australian firm OneSteel for almost one billion US dollars.

British soldier killed in Afghanistan bomb blast: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2010 01:04 PM PST

A British soldier walks near the Pimon military camp in Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province in March 2010. A British soldier was killed by an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said Sunday, raising the country's military death toll there since 2001 to 344.(AFP/POOL/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - A British soldier was killed by an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said Sunday, raising the country's military death toll there since 2001 to 344.

Queen, Prince William lead UK service for war dead (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2010 11:42 AM PST

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, center lower, looks on during a service of remembrance at the Cenotaph in London to commemorate the sacrifices made by Britain's armed forces, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010. In the background are Prime Minister, David Cameron, right, Deputy Prime Minsiter, Nick Clegg, center and Labour Party Leader, Ed Miliband. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - Queen Elizabeth II led a solemn annual ceremony to honor the country's war dead on Sunday, as her grandson Prince William flew out to Afghanistan to meet with troops and attend a memorial service there.

British couple released by Somali pirates (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Nov 2010 09:42 AM PST

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, more than a year after gunmen kidnapped the Britons aboard their yacht near the Seychelles archipelago.

British woman killed on honeymoon in South Africa (AFP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2010 08:05 AM PST

An aerial view of Cape Town. A 28-year-old British tourist was found dead after being abducted by armed men in Cape Town just days after she and a friend arrived in South Africa for a holiday, police said Sunday.(AFP/File/Dean Treml)AFP - A British woman on her honeymoon in Cape Town was found dead after being abducted by armed men who ambushed the taxi she and her new husband were in, police said on Sunday.

British tourist on honeymoon killed in Cape Town (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2010 07:27 AM PST

AP - South African government officials say a British woman was killed in a carjacking while she and her husband of two weeks were honeymooning in Cape Town.

Greece lets Gaza activists disembark from ship (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Nov 2010 07:18 AM PST

Reuters - Ten activists who jumped on board a Maltese-flagged ship in Libya, trying to take aid to Gaza, were allowed to disembark in Greece after they were found to have committed no crime, Greek authorities said Sunday.

William flies to Helmand as war dead remembered (AFP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2010 05:23 AM PST

Queen Elizabeth prepares to lay a wreath during the Remembrance Sunday service in Whitehall, London.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Prince William flew into Afghanistan on Sunday for a surprise visit to honour Britain's war dead, as the Queen led the nation in remembrance in London.

Royals lead Remembrance Sunday services (AFP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2010 04:38 AM PST

Military medals and a red poppy decorate the chest of a Lebanese man who served in the British army during World War II. Prince William flew to Helmand Province to pay tribute to British troops killed in action, as the Queen led Remembrance Sunday commemorations in London.(AFP/Joseph Eid)AFP - Prince William flew to Helmand Province to pay tribute to British troops killed in action, as the Queen led Remembrance Sunday commemorations in London.

British granny takes clubland by storm (AFP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2010 03:45 AM PST

DJ Ruth Flowers, known as AFP - Giving a whole new meaning to Lady Gaga, a British granny is proving you're never too old to get down, rocking top clubs on both sides of the Atlantic as a DJ at the grand old age of 69.

Ransomed: How a British Couple Bought Freedom from Somali Pirates (Time.com)

Posted: 13 Nov 2010 09:55 PM PST

Time.com - Kidnapped more than a year ago, Paul and Rachel Chandler are finally free after a nightmarish ordeal among the pirates and chaos of Somalia

We cannot, need not beat, Al-Qaeda: Army chief (AFP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2010 04:20 PM PST

The head of Britain's armed forces, General David Richards, pictured here in June 2010, said Sunday that Al-Qaeda can never be completely beaten, but argued that outright victory is AFP - The head of Britain's armed forces said Sunday that Al-Qaeda can never be completely beaten, but argued that outright victory is "unnecessary" as long as governments are able to contain the militants.

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