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Sat 04 Apr 2007The British press take no hostagesPresent Tense:She'd been captured by the enemy. Stripped. Separated from her comrades. Humiliated. Told to "confess" on TV. Then she was promised release, but only if she'd wear Mrs Borat's hand-me-downs and wave like she'd just won Winning Streak.Along with the 15 British sailors, Faye Turney probably thought that if she ever get out of Iran alive, nothing would ever seem so bad again. Every day would be a blessing. They were all wrong. Because when it comes to humiliation, the British press make the Iranians look like amateurs.