Somali pirates said on Saturday that a captured British couple had been moved on shore from a container vessel and that there was a dispute between different groups over the two Britons.Gunmen kidnapped Paul and Rachel Chandler, both in their 50s, last Friday soon after they left the Seychelles archipelago in the Indian Ocean and took them to the Somali coast.One pirate told Reuters on Friday they...
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Rudd says sorry to Britons forcibly shipped to AustraliaAustralian PM apologises over programme to send youngsters from deprived backgrounds to Commonwealth countries*****************...
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McLaren remain locked in talks with Jenson Button over a deal which could see him join up with fellow Briton Lewis Hamilton....
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Millions of Britons living abroad have no one to represent them. Sarkozy is right: it's time to embrace the idea of diaspora MPsIt may have a strange ring to it, but it is time the House of Commons reserved a place on its benches for "the honourable member for the Costa del Sol". An idea that was once deemed impossible now seems, thanks to President Sarkozy's decision to introduce 11 expatriate seats...
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LONDON
Nov. 17: British Opposition leader David Cameron is fast outstripping Prime Minister Gordon Brown and is gaining respect amongst voters, who till recently were quite non-committal about the Tory leader.
Mr Cameron, according to ICM survey of 1,010 Britons for the Guardian, is now regarded by Britons as tougher, more decisive and more...
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Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany lifts his trophy on the podium after he won the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina racetrack in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on November 1. (AP Photo)Sebastian Vettel led his Red Bull team-mate Australian Mark Webber home in an impressive one-two triumph in Sunday's season-ending inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the first 'day-night' race...
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Lewis Hamilton says he would welcome Jenson Button or anyone else as his McLaren team mate next year.Button, who has replaced Hamilton as Formula One world champion, has been linked in media reports to McLaren for 2010 despite Brawn owner Ross Brawn saying at the weekend that he was 99 percent certain the Briton would stay with his team."I've heard the rumours but the team haven't decided anything...
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another strong shortlist chosen by our judging panel, British Airways is proud to announce our fifth round of Great Britons winners: a dedicated group of London Rollergirls, led by Lorna "Kamikaze Kitten" Brown and the wonderfully passionate, philanthropic Chocks Away team, comprised of David Aspinall and Ben Stevenson. Read their individual stories below to discover how they inspired the voting British...
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British police have charged four men, including a father-son duo, with attempting to wage violent jihad after arresting them in northern England.The men, who are to be produced in court Monday, also include a white Briton who is a family friend of a member of the British rock band Happy Mondays.Three were charged with assisting others to take part in violent jihad while a fourth was charged with planning...
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Lewis Hamilton placed his McLaren on pole position for the floodlit first Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Saturday to leave new champion Jenson Button and other rivals reeling in his wake.Formula One's outgoing world champion grabbed the 17th pole of his 52-race career to knock Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel into second place at the glittering new Yas Marina circuit that hosts Sunday's season-ender.Briton Hamilton...
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