Today, November 11, 2009, is Armistice Day. It is the 91st anniversary of the end of World War I in 1918, and the world commemorated especially the United States, United Kingdom, and France. [bbc.co.uk, itn.co.uk and www.dw-world.de]
Read the full story, Services remember world war dead, at the BBC site.
Read the full story, Nation falls silent on Armistice Day, at the ITN site.
Read the full story, Merkel makes history in France on Armistice Day, at the Deutsche Welle site.
UK police have appealed for internet users to spread a new video aimed at finding a witness who knows what happened to Madeleine McCann. [itn.co.uk]
Video from YouTube ITN News Channel
Read the full story, New video appeal for Madeleine McCann, at the ITN site.
$7M ransom for the yacht couple
It was reported that the Somali pirates demanded a $7 million ransom for the British yacht couple. Paul and Rachel Chandler were sailing from Seychelles towards Tanzania when they were kidnapped last week aboard their yacht ‘the Lynn Rival’ in the Indian Ocean. [cnn.com and bbc.co.uk]
Read the full story with video, Pirates demand $7 million for yacht couple, Britain says, at the CNN site.
Read the full story with audio, Ransom demanded for yacht couple, at the BBC site.
The gross domestic product (GDP) of the United Kingdom has contracted for six consecutive quarters. It was reported that according to official records that between July and September, the United Kingdom economy declined by 0.4 percent which indicates that the UK is still in recession. [bbc.co.uk]
Read the full story, UK economy is still in recession, at the BBC site.
Great Britain’s Ricky Hatton lost his IBO light-welterweight world title against the Philippines’ Manny Pacquiao during a boxing match at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 2, 2009. It was Hatton’s second defeat in his career as a boxer and in his 47 fights. [bbc.co.uk]
Read the full story, Hatton floored by brutal Pacquiao, at the BBC site.
It will be exactly 2 years on Monday since Madeleine McCann has been missing during a family vacation in Praia da Luz, Portugal. Her disappearance remains a mystery until today. A computer generated image was released how Madeleine would look like today. [cnn.com and itn.co.uk]
Read the full story, Madeleine two years on, at the ITN site.
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