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The crew are being flown by helicopter from Heathrow

The 15 Royal Navy sailors and marines held captive in Iran for almost two weeks have landed in London.The crew, freed by Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a “gift” to the British people on Wednesday, touched down at Heathrow Airport at 1200 BST.
They are now being flown [...]

The crew are in good health, according to the Foreign Office

The 15 Royal Navy crew members held captive by Iran are flying home after being freed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a “gift” to the UK.They are due to land at Heathrow at 1200 BST and will later be reunited with relatives at a military [...]

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the UN favoured the US and UK

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says 15 British naval personnel captured in the Gulf will be freed.He repeated allegations that the British sailors and marines “invaded” Iranian waters, but said they would be freed as a “gift” to Britain.
He made the announcement at a news conference, in [...]

President Bush says he will veto bills linking funds with withdrawal

US President George W Bush has warned that US troops will suffer if a dispute with Congress over a war funding bill is not resolved soon.Speaking at the White House, Mr Bush said Congress was failing in its “basic responsibility” to give troops the equipment [...]

 A suicide bomber blew up a truck near a primary school and police station in Iraq’s northern oil city of Kirkuk killing 12 people, including a baby.
Another 178 people were wounded in the blast that caused extensive damage at a time when US troops were apparently visiting the police station, Kirkuk district police commander Major [...]

The crew has been held captive for more than a week

The 15 Royal Navy personnel held captive by Iran could stand trial for “entering Iranian waters”, a senior Iranian diplomat has said.Gholamreza Ansari, Iran’s ambassador to Moscow, is quoted as telling Russian TV they may face “illegal action” charges.
But the UK government says the captives [...]

The captured sailors have been shown on Iranian television

Iranian TV footage

Britain has asked the UN to support a statement expressing grave concern about the continuing detention of 15 Royal Navy sailors in Iran.UK ambassador to the UN Sir Emyr Jones Parry has circulated a draft text among member states at the organisation’s headquarters in [...]

The cause of Woolmer’s death is not yet known

Pakistan’s cricket captain and the assistant coach are being interviewed by Jamaican police investigating the murder of Bob Woolmer.Team spokesman Pervez Mir said police had asked to talk to Inzamam-ul-Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed.
“Those talks are going on now. We’ll have to wait for the outcome,” he said.
It [...]

The UN Security Council has unanimously voted in favour of new sanctions against Iran for its refusal to suspend its nuclear enrichment programme. The 15-member panel’s decision to back Resolution 1747 broadens the limited sanctions imposed in December 2006.
The new sanctions block Iranian arms exports and freeze the assets of individuals and companies involved in [...]

A news conference by the head of the UN and Iraq’s prime minister has been interrupted by a loud explosion sending debris falling from the ceiling. Speaking in Baghdad’s Green Zone, Ban Ki-moon was seen to flinch behind his podium and he appeared shaken by the nearby blast of a mortar or rocket.
Within minutes the [...]