InfoAnda - British kidnap couple poorly treated, need urgent help

Pakistanis angry over detentions in Times Sq. case
Monday, May 24, 2010
ISLAMABAD – Relatives of three men detained by Pakistan for alleged links to the suspect in the attempted Times Square bombing say the men are innocent.
They

Taiwan denies boycotting Australian film festival
Thursday, August 6, 2009

AFP - Thursday, August 6TAIPEI (AFP) - - Taiwan's Beijing-friendly government on Wednesday denied boycotting an Australian film festival amid a row over the e

Merkel's support dips, regional ally resigns International
Thursday, September 3, 2009

By Sarah Marsh and Noah Barkin

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a double blow on Thursday as a senior party ally in east German

Minister seeks closure of anti-Berlusconi websites
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
ROME (AFP) - – The Italian government moved Tuesday to close down Internet sites encouraging further violence against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who

Asian markets mixed after Wall Street rally
Wednesday, March 18, 2009

By ELAINE KURTENBACH,AP Business Writer AP - Wednesday, March 18SHANGHAI - Asia's stock market rally seemed to be running out of steam Wednesday, despite an

80 killed in Sierra Leone boat wreck: police | International | | 10 September 2009
Suicide bombs kill 16, wound about 150 in Pakistan | 27 September 2009
Hungarian PM vows tax cuts, targets banks, FX loans | | 8 June 2010

Runaway Cow Escapes Slaughter, Leads Police On Chase | 9 May 2009

Forum Views () Forum Replies ()

Read more with google mobile : British kidnap couple poorly treated, need urgent help

Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America British kidnap couple poorly treated, need urgent help AFP - Monday, February 1 Send IM Story Print A woman watches video footage in November 2009 of the British couple that were kidnapped while sailing off the coast of Somalia. Paul and Rachel Chandler, kidnapped by Somali pirates in October 2009, have said they are not being well treated and need urgent help, according to an AFP reporter who met them in captivity. AMARA, Somalia (AFP) - – A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates in October said they were not being well treated and needed urgent help, according to an AFP reporter who met them in captivity. "Please help us, these people are not treating us well," said Rachel Chandler, captured by pirates with her husband Paul as they sailed their yacht, the Lynn Rival, in the Indian Ocean on October 23. They were brought ashore and have been held in separate locations in central Somalia. Rachel Chandler made her plea to a surgeon who was allowed to briefly examine the pair on Thursday, accompanied by an AFP photographer, the first journalist to see the Chandlers since their capture. The surgeon, Abdi Mohamed Helmi "Hangul", said she was in poor mental and physical health. "She is sick, she is very anxious, she suffers from insomnia," Hangul told AFP. "But I think she's mainly mentally unwell, it seems. She's very confused, she's always asking about her husband -- 'Where's my husband, where's my husband? -- and she seems completely disorientated," he added. The pair are being held in separate locations in rugged areas between the coastal village of Elhur and the small town of Amara, further inland. During the visit Chandler looked pale, tired and distraught and pleaded to be reunited with her husband. "I'm old, I'm 56 and my husband is 60 years old. We need to be together because we have not much time left," she said. She spoke to the doctor in the presence of the AFP photographer, from a tent where she is being guarded by pirates armed with assault rifles. Surrounded by trees, her tiny hideout consists of orange netting, tarpaulin and a few rugs. For his part Paul Chandler appeared psychologically more robust than his wife but admitted the conditions of their separate detention were difficult. "Please help us, we have nobody to help us, we have no children... We have been in captivity for 98 days and we are not in good condition," he said. Hangul said Paul Chandler "had a bad cough and seemed to have some fever." The surgeon, who had initially travelled to his hometown of Hobyo in early January to start building a hospital there, said it took him three weeks to obtain agreement from the kidnappers to visit the Chandlers. Hangul, a respected figure in the Somali clan to which the kidnappers also belong, said he was not allowed to bring drugs with him but left a prescription with the captors. "I gave them some advice and told them: 'Your hostages can die, all you want is money so treat them well, let them re-unite'," the doctor said. "They said that they agreed but I cannot be sure what they've done." Neither the Chandlers nor their kidnappers made any reference to a ransom. "We do not know what is happening right now, we have spoken to people and we are still waiting," Rachel Chandler said, without elaborating. A Foreign Office Spokesman did not comment on the status of the negotiations but stressed that Britain was "monitoring the situation very closely and doing everything we can to help secure a release." British Foreign Secretary David Miliband insisted last week the government would not get involved in any ransom payments to secure the Chandlers' release. He said he could not stop private individuals from pursuing the possibility of a ransom deal, but the government had always made it clear that making concessions to hostage-takers was not in Britain's interests. The hundreds of Somali sea bandits plying the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden generally hijack merchant vessels among the 20,000 ships that sail each year off the Somali coastline on one of the world's busiest maritime trade routes. Those ships -- which have included supertankers worth hundreds of millions of dollars -- and their crews are generally released for a ransom after a few weeks or months. But in the relatively rare occurrences of small sailing yachts being taken, with no insurance companies and wealthy maritime operators to foot the ransom bills, the crew is the pirates' only bargaining chip. French commandos last year tried to rescue a French family hijacked on their small sailing yacht. They saved the mother and their small child but accidentally shot the father dead during the operation. Recommend Send IM Story Print Related Articles US govt probes Blackwater for corruption: report AFP - 1 hour 25 minutes ago Israelis disciplined in Gaza white phosphorus use AP - 1 hour 31 minutes ago Today in History AP - 2 hours 45 minutes ago Air Force: Test missile misses its Pacific target AP - 2 hours 54 minutes ago Argentine author Martinez dies at age 75 AP - 2 hours 54 minutes ago News Search Top Stories Healthy adults need less sleep as they age: study Continental on trial for Concorde Paris crash Brazil's fortunes slump on bubble fears, China tightening IMF plans 100 billion fund to help poor mitigate climate impact Bankers leave Davos battered by blame game More Top Stories » ADVERTISEMENT Most Popular Most Viewed Most Recommended Federer makes it 16 slams with Murray win Gandhi ashes scattered off South Africa GlaxoSmithKline to axe 4,000 jobs in US, Europe Brazil's fortunes slump on bubble fears, China tightening Bankers leave Davos battered by blame game More Most Viewed » Woman who saved Anne Frank's diary dead at 100 Scientists praise Obama as Doomsday clock reset More Most Recommended » Elsewhere on Yahoo! Financial news on Yahoo! Finance Stars and latest movies Best travel destinations More on Yahoo! News Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Subscribe to our news feeds Top StoriesMy Yahoo!RSS » More news feeds | What are news feeds? Also on Yahoo Answers Groups Mail Messenger Mobile Travel Finance Movies Sports Games » All Yahoo! Services Site Highlights Singapore Full Coverage Most Popular Asia Entertainment Photos Copyright © 2010 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Community | Intellectual Property Rights Policy | Help

Other News on Monday, 1 February 2010
Israel: Slain Hamas leader key arms smuggler
Swiss wins Libya jail term appeal in sign of easing rift
IMF plans 100 billion fund to help poor mitigate climate impact
Jordan arrests militants linked to Israeli attack
Ukraine's Tymoshenko accuses rival
Gunmen kill 13 students at party in Mexico |
Police detain opposition leader at anti-Kremlin rally |
British kidnap couple in Somalia need urgent help
Ten Americans Held In Haiti On Child Trafficking Suspicions
U.N.'s Ban arrives in Cyprus to push elusive deal |
African summit hears world ignoring Somalia crisis |
White House Identifies $20 Billion In Possible Budget Cuts
Yemen clashes continue, ceasefire offer rejected |
EU's Ashton says Iran worrying, U.N. next route |
CAR president confirms rebel leader's death |
Florida gov: Flights continue out of Haiti
US to consider local views on 9/11 trial location
Md. polar bear plunge canceled due to extreme cold
U.N. political chief to visit North Korea next month
Furloughs hurt military's view of Hawaii schools
Sri Lanka's Tamils left to wonder what comes next
Do rings of Herbie the elm have age, climate data?
Afghan leader appeals to Taliban to lay down guns
Brown would like daughter back on 'American Idol'
Problems at Toyota, JAL taint Japan Inc.'s image
States begin offering Mega Millions, Powerball tix
Pakistan investigates report Taliban chief is dead
Pakistan Taliban deny leader Hakimullah killed
Axelrod: No House outburst to Obama speech unusual
Gibbs: Cost of Obama's jobs push in range of $100B
Pakistan checks reported death of Taliban chief
Who to watch in private space taxi field
Clive parties; Ke$ha shares Grammy dreams
`Avatar' wins box office, nears domestic record
Egypt set to unveil Tutankhamun DNA results
CNN's Candy Crowley to lead network's Sunday show
Metallica rocks Latin America
Avatar breaks $2 billion at worldwide box office |
German city unveils redesigned Chipperfield museum
Beyonce poised to add to Grammy total
It's ladies' night at the Grammys
India steps up scramble with China for African energy
US casualties in Afghanistan sow seeds of anger
British kidnap couple poorly treated, need urgent help
Gunmen kill 14 at high school party in Mexico |
Fears Australian piracy case could shut off net
Continental on trial for Concorde Paris crash
Dubai police say Mossad may have killed Hamas chief
Rewriting European privacy law for digital age
Brazil's fortunes slump on bubble fears, China tightening
Egypt arrests 26 suspected of plotting terrorism |
Smartphone competition to bite in 2010 after Q4 boom |
Researchers to challenge Japan's whale science
Afghan officials: 7 militants killed in south
64 pct Australian population rise expected by 2050
Air Force: Test missile misses its Pacific target
Malaysia plans IDs for refugees to prevent arrest
China govt opens cracks in its culture of secrecy
Body found near San Diego may be missing toddler
Afghan police repel suicide attack in south
Conn. home invasion suspect has medical emergency
SKorea businessman murdered in Philippines: police
2 Koreas hold talks despite military tensions
Obama's $3.8 trillion budget heading to Congress
Vietnam condemns 4 to death for trafficking heroin
Man to plead not guilty in new abuse charges
Medical assistance flights from Haiti resuming
China intensifies clampdown on media: watchdog
Man who attacked NJ rabbi is sentenced to 8 years
'Avatar' wins box office, nears domestic record
S.Korea Feb crude runs seen steady from Jan -survey
Management guru takes charge of Japan Airlines
SKorea exports post biggest gain in over 2 decades
Asia now world's biggest air travel market: IATA
South Korean Jan exports disappoint; China a worry
Stars come out for British premiere of Mandela rugby film
Ford's China production resumes after pedal review
Toyota prepares to roll out pedal repairs
PAKISTAN
NZ commodity prices up 11th month in Jan -survey
Seoul shares turn lower weighed by techs; autos up
Taylor Swift, Beyonce make Grammy history |
Grammys go 3-D for Michael Jackson tribute |
Steven Tyler eyes suit to stop Aerosmith replacement |
Bob Marley's spirit lives on at Grammys |
Grammys grouch Neil Young finally wins an award |
Taylor Swift, Beyonce make Grammy history
Beyonce's six appeal dominates Grammys
Taylor Swift wins Grammy for album of the year |
Grammys grouch Neil Young finally wins an award
The view from inside (and outside) the Grammys
Taylor Swift, Beyonce rule the Grammy Awards
Lady Gaga's fashion sense captivates Grammy show
Taylor Swift wins Grammy for album of the year
Jackson's 3-D tribute is a hit at Grammy Awards
Grammys go 3-D for Michael Jackson tribute
Colbert hosts Grammys, wins 1
Death toll from suicide bomber rises to 41 in Iraq
Suicide bomber kills 41 Shi'ite pilgrims in Iraq |
US-TECH Summary
Toyota prepares to roll out pedal repairs
Israelis disciplined in Gaza artillery fire
Healthy adults need less sleep as they age: study
Yemen rebels deny mounting sniper attacks in Saudi |
Female suicide bomber kills 41 in Baghdad
China fumes at latest U.S. arms sales to Taiwan |
Female suicide bomber hits Iraq pilgrims, kills 46
Israel reprimands two top officers over Gaza war
Iran pays homage to Khomeini amid political tensions
Abbas offers talks with Israel if building halted |
Afghan bombing kills US soldier: NATO
U.S. to resume Haiti medevac flights |
Iran top judge rejects political hanging pressure |
Somali rebels unite, profess loyalty to al Qaeda |
Israeli general reprimanded over Gaza war shelling |
EU's Ashton says Iran worrying, U.N. next route |
US, Thailand begin 6-nation military exercise
2 Koreas hold talks days after exchanging gunfire
Indonesian court clears boy of bee prank
Gaps emerging in US census outreach to immigrants
Mystery over fate of Pakistani Taliban leader
China's interests may limit sanctions on US firms
The nation's weather
Kashmir police, protesters clash after boy's death
OR riverboat carrying 80 passengers runs aground
North Korean weapons mystery continues
Nokia cuts phone prices as market growth returns |
Obama to release budget Monday, go on YouTube
Communist rebels in Philippines kill 5 soldiers
China tells Tibet envoys no compromise on sovereignty
Obama export goals doable, job creation tougher
Analysis: Dems' missteps led to health breakdown
Shanghai women revisit 'In the Mood for Love'
Idaho church prays for Americans held in Haiti
Hispanic media outreach for Haiti unprecedented
Toyota unveils repairs plan
David vs Goliath as Oscars race heats up
Pakistani rupee at new lows, may lose more vs dollar
Japan's auto sales grow at fastest pace in decades
JAL to decide on alliance partner soon
Indian auto makers show strong sales in January
SKorea exports post biggest gain in over 2 decades
Tengzhong agrees with GM to extend Hummer deadline
China manufacturing expands at fastest pace
Actor Rip Torn has court date for burglary charge
US-ENTERTAINMENT Summary
33 feared drowned in Indonesia boat sinking
British author calls for assisted suicide panel
Jacko's glittery glove makes debut in Macau
Cuban band back in Miami after violent '99 protest
David vs Goliath as Oscars race heats up
'Lost Booker Prize' to be awarded for 1970 novel
LA megachurch hopes to win Super Bowl ad contest
Greece at new risk of being pushed off euro
Bodies of missing Tenn. mom, Jo Ann Bain, and daughter found
Female Breasts Are Bigger Than Ever
AMD Trinity Accelerated Processing Units Now in Volume Production
The Avengers (2012 film), made the second biggest opening- and single-day gross of all-time
AMD to Start Production of piledriver
Ivy Bridge Quad-Core, Four-Thread Desktop CPUs
Islamists Protest Lady Gaga's Concert in Indonesia
Japan Successfully Broadcasts an 8K Signal Over the Air
ECB boosts loans to 1 trillion Euro to stop credit crunch
Egypt : Mohammed Morsi won with 52 percent
What do you call 100,000 Frenchmen with their hands up
AMD Launches AMD Embedded R-Series APU Platform
Fed Should not Ignore Emerging Market Crisis
Fed casts shadow over India, emerging markets
Why are Chinese tourists so rude? A few insights

USD EUR - 1 year graph		BlogMeter 1.01