Solo Sailor MacArthur Given Hero's Welcome Home
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FALMOUTH, England  - Ringed by a flotilla of fans,  Britain's Ellen MacArthur sailed home to a rapturous welcome  Tuesday after breaking the record for sailing solo round the  world.
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Ellen MacArthur is confident she can successfully complete her round-the-world trip in record time.
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Britain's Ellen MacArthur became the fastest sailor to complete a solo non-stop circumnavigation of the globe, when she crossed the finish line at Ushant, off the French coast.
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Dame Ellen MacArthur comes home ahead of more than 1,800 yachts in the Round the Island Race.
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The Starship Enterprise  finally has a new captain.
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Briton Ellen MacArthur has not ruled out trying to reclaim the title of fastest-ever sailor to complete a solo non-stop circumnavigation of the globe just hours after Frenchman Francis Joyon shattered her previous record.
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Ellen MacArthur begins her attempt at the solo round-the-world speed record.
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A Canadian submarine left drifting in the Atlantic after a fire on board which killed a crewman has arrived safely at a Scottish naval base, helped by two British tugboats.
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THE soldiers of the Black Watch pulled out of Iraq&#39;s Triangle of Death yesterday - and are expected home within a week. Seven-year-old Stephen McNicol last night celebrated the return of his father Lance Corporal Sandy McNicol, 34, in time for Christmas.
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MANO, SADO ISLAND, Japan  - A former U.S. army  sergeant who deserted to North Korea four decades ago will have  to wait a while to start a new life in his Japanese wife's home  town on the northern island of Sado.
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US deserter and former Army Sgt. Charles Jenkins arrived Tuesday on a remote Japanese island, where he said he hoped to &quot;live my remaining days with my wife and children.
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A FLAG-draped coffin carrying the body of murdered Australian peacekeeper Mr Adam Dunning was flown home to Canberra yesterday as 100 soldiers arrived in the Solomon Islands to boost security in the wake of the slaying.
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Malaysia's first astronaut landed safely  back in Kazakhstan to a hero's welcome on Sunday with two  Russian cosmonauts after spending 11 days in space, officials  at Moscow's mission control said.
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Joseph Estrada, the ousted former president and action hero free for the first time in 6 1/2 years a pardon by his successor, made a joyous return home on Friday, greeted by thousands of cheering suporters.
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HALIFAX (CP) - After a harrowing ordeal on the North Atlantic, about half the crew of HMCS Chicoutimi returned home Friday night, 10 days after a fire aboard their second-hand submarine claimed the life of a crew member.
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Nineteen South Koreans held captive by Afghanistan&#39;s Taliban for six weeks under threat of death arrived home on Sunday, saying they felt as if they had died and then got their lives back.
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Nineteen South Korean Christian volunteers held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan for six weeks returned home on Sunday, thanking their government for winning their release.