UK & USA Today Editoweb 30 October 2009

Pirate hostages: 'Please don't worry'

More contact has been made with the British couple being held by captive by pirates off the coast of Somalia.

FTSE posts first monthly fall since June

The top share index fell sharply on Friday, ending the month in negative territory for the first time since June, led lower by commodity stocks and banks as confidence waned after mixed U.S. data.

Anglican leader to meet pope on November 21: Vatican

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, spiritual leader of the world's Anglicans, will meet Pope Benedict XVI on November 21, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi confirmed Friday.

Drugs tsar 'sacked over comments'

The Government's chief drug adviser has been sacked after claiming cannabis, ecstasy and LSD were less dangerous than alcohol and cigarettes, sources said.

BA to resist union's legal action

Union legal action against British Airways' plans to impose new pay and conditions on 14,000 cabin crew will be resisted, the company said.

Government's Chief Drug Adviser Is Sacked

The Government's chief drug adviser has been sacked after claiming ecstasy and LSD are less dangerous than alcohol.

Clinton faces Pakistani anger at Predator attacks

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton came face-to-face Friday with Pakistanis' simmering anger over U.S. aerial drones firing missiles in their country. She drew back slightly from her blunt remarks suggesting Pakistani officials know where terrorists are hiding.

Calif. searchers seek survivors after midair crash

Investigators were trying Friday to determine why a Coast Guard airplane on a nighttime search for a missing boater collided with one of four Marine Corps helicopters flying in formation to deliver troops to a training exercise on a military island off Southern California.

Grave thefts: An age-old problem that won't die

It's that time of year when even cemetery guards are more easily spooked, on alert for signs of one of the oldest, most ghoulish and most persistent of crimes: grave robberies.

News from Yahoo News