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INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS Tuesday March 9, 2010 2 International Express 27, John Street, London, WC1N 2BX Editorial: Tel: +44 (0) 20 7269 8903 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7269 8909 Editor: Ian Malcolm ixeditorial@hotmail.com YoUr CommEnts: Let us know what you think by sending your comments to intexreaders@hotmail.com or at the postal address above. administration manaGEr: Steve Clarke steve.clarke@ipgonline.cc Tel: +44 (0) 20 7269 8901/ Mob: +44 (0) 7909 686384 sUbsCriptions: Website: www.theinternationalexpress.com Or contact the above address Tel: +44 (0) 20 7269 8900 USA and Canada: Call toll-free 1-866-833-NEWS (1-866-833-6397) advErtisinG: Rosemary Nolte Tel: +44 (0) 20 7269 8902 Or contact the top address rosemary.nolte@ipgonline.cc rEGional ContaCts: AUSTRALASIA International Publishing Group , Pty Ltd, GPO Box 107, Sydney, NSW 2001. Tel: 1800 809 233 ( or from New Zealand + 618 9362 4134). 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Canada Postal information: Canada Post Publications Mail Permit no. 40667116. Please send address changes to: International Publishing Group, PO Box 642, Station Ponte-Claire, Ponte-Claire, QC h9R 4S& Canada Published by International Publishing Group (IPG), 27, John Street, London, WC1N 2BX under licence from Express newspapers, The Northern & Shell Building, 10 Lower Thames Street, London, EC3R 6EN intErnational ThE WEEK’S NEWS FROM BRITAIN www.theinternationalexpress.co m Printed in AUSTRALIA: Rural Press pty., North Richmond, New South Wales 2704 (Tel: 02-4570-4444). Print Post Approved PP225226/00020. NEW ZEALANd: Netlink distribution, PO Box 47-906, Ponsonby, Aukland, (Tel: +64 9308 2710. Fax: +64 9302 7661) SOUThERN AFRICA: Caxton Ltd., Industria West, Johannesburg, RSA. CANAdA and USA: Metroland Printing, Willowdale, Ontario. US Post Office 2nd class permit No 009-361. © INTERNATIONAL PUBLIShING GROUP.Issue No 1045 Fill in all the squares in the grid so that each row, each column, and each 3x3 square contain all the digits from 1 to 9. sUdoKU This is the Quick Sudoku for the solver in a hurry: target time, ten minutes. Last week’s solution Joy for savers as share value soars SAVERS and pension holders were given a huge boost on Friday after shares soared to their highest level in more than 18 months. Financial experts said the dramatic £18billion rise in the London market would help plug the pension black hole and leave hundreds of thousands better off. The FTSE 100 has been on such a strong run since its low point of August 2008 that shares have gained a massive £500bn in value. It means that pensions funds have increased by a third since this time last year and annuities by a quarter. Martin Weale, director of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, said: "We have extremely low interest rates and they encourage people to buy shares rather than keep their money in bank accounts. While it lasts, it's obviously good news for pension funds. People are expecting interest rates to stay very low for a long time and have wanted to do something with their investment funds." 742916583 391852476 856347912 468173295 139265748 527498361 214639857 973581624 685724139 25 43 48 36 7 4 6 419 2 9 257 3 4 1 89 57 91 68 Was kidnap of British boy ‘an inside job?’ TWO men were arrested in the hunt for a kidnapped five-year- old British boy as it was claimed the abduction could be "a sort of inside job". Sahil Saeed was seized in the Punjab region of Pakistan by armed men who have demanded a £100,000 ransom. Sources said officers were ques- tioning two men "very close" to those suspected of taking Sahil. One is said to be a taxi driver. Officers traced the suspects through calls made on mobile phones stolen from Sahil's family. Wajid Shamsul Hasan, the Pakistani High Commissioner in the UK, said he believed officers in Punjab were "on the right track" to find the youngster from Oldham, Greater Manchester. Detectives were looking at the possibility of whether the kidnap involved "a sort of inside job". Mr Hasan said it could be "somebody known to the family but not of the family". Police investigator Raja Tahir Bashir added: "God willing, we will recover the boy very soon." Sahil's father, Raja Naqqash Saeed, broke down in tears as he described how he was missing his "best friend". Sahil and his father had been visiting relatives in the city of Jehlum. He was grabbed as they prepared to take a taxi to the airport to fly home to the UK. Local police chief Aslam Tareen said the kidnappers had probably been tipped off about the timing of the journey. Up to 10 family members were beaten by four intruders, who took jewellery and money before flee- ing with the boy. Phil Woolas, the Immigration Minister and MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth, said the case was the number one priority for the Foreign Office in Pakistan. "This little boy is getting the full support of the British Government and authorities," he said. "They have made some arrests and there have been strong leads but of course it's a very focused and intense investigation there." In Britain, Sahil's relatives strongly denied any involvement in the kidnap. His great-uncle, Matlub Ahmed, said the family played no part in the abduction and were praying for his safe return. Speaking outside the fam- ily home, he said: "The people who did this kind of job must have had some information but that is all." Sahil's mother Akila Naqqash, 31, has begged the kidnappers not to hurt her son. "We are getting no answers," she said. "How are they treating him? Is he eating? "He is a little boy, what has he done wrong?" The youngster's father said: "He is not just only my son, he is my best friend. "Whenever I go out, whenever he is on holiday I spend time with my son, all the time with my son, I sleep with him and I spent really really good time with him." Father Raja Naqqash Saeed, waiting for news of his missing son and 'best pal' Sahil, above voting in the General Election, ex-pats can have a say on the policies that will shape their future." Ex-pats living in countries where pensions are not index linked would argue that the best way to secure their votes would be for politicians to pledge to change the sys- tem that sees them receiving much less than those living in countries where the full pen- sion is paid, as highlighted on the front page of this newspaper last week. Many ex-pat celebrities, such as Formula One team-mates Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton who live in Monaco and Switzerland, could apply to vote. The Costas, the Middle East and Australia all have large British com- munities. British officials in Miami estimate up to 400,000 Brits live in Florida. Typical are Alf Almond, 47, and his wife Joy, 44, who run a cleaning company in Orlando, Florida. They left Oxford three years ago and have been dismayed by events back home. Like many other ex-pats in the US, they want to use their vote to eject Gordon Brown. "We might be enjoying life in America but we still have strong attachments to Britain," said Alf. Former Navy sailor Terry Archant and his family moved to Fort Myers, Florida, four years ago from Somerset and run a house cleaning business. Terry, 44, said: "I think it is great that we can still have a say in what is happening in our country. I think every ex-pat should use their vote and to be honest most of those would go to the Tories." Los Angeles, with a British community of more than 250,000, has a pre-election buzz. Eager to vote for the Tories online is Malcolm Patrick, 25, a graphics designer from Reading who has lived and worked there for two years. He said: "I plan to return before next Christmas. It's important for me to vote because I'll be home for the majority of the next government's tenure." l Ex-pats wishing to vote should go to www. aboutmyvote.com. FROM FRONT PAGE Conservatives counting on ex-pat voters
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