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Nato airstrike kills five Afghan policemen in overnight 'friendly fire' incident
Thursday 01 August 2013
The aircraft, believed to be a US helicopter, also injured two other special forces servicemen and destroyed part of a police checkpoint
'The bravest of soldiers, the best of men': Victoria Cross soldier James Ashworth was killed by his own grenade
Thursday 01 August 2013
A soldier who posthumously received one of only two Victoria Crosses awarded for exceptional bravery in Afghanistan was killed by his own grenade, an inquest heard.
Guards are sexually assaulting me, says the last Briton in Guantanamo Bay
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Shaker Aamer, who is on hunger strike after being detained by US for 11 years, tells of brutal daily cell searches
Coalition will support Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby’s plan for credit unions, says Vince Cable
Sunday 28 July 2013
Vince Cable is to throw the Government’s weight behind the Archbishop of Canterbury’s drive to build up credit unions so that fewer people with money problems turn to payday lenders like Wonga.
British troops return to Sangin after request from Afghan army
Sunday 28 July 2013
The mission required special permission from Defence Secretary Philip Hammond
“I’m better off dead” 11 year-old Nada al-Ahdal on child marriage
Thursday 25 July 2013
A video made by 11 year-old Yemeni girl Nada Al-Adhal speaking about child marriage has gone viral.
Vince Cable accuses Bank of England officials of 'acting like the Taliban'
Wednesday 24 July 2013
Business Secretary argued Bank demands are deterring small business lending and preventing recovery
Eight Afghan labourers killed on way to US base
Thursday 18 July 2013
Attacks come as Taliban steps up intimidation campaign in Ramadan
Pakistan Taliban's letter to Malala Yousafzai: We tried to kill you because you were smearing our cause - but we regret attack
Wednesday 17 July 2013
A leading commander of the Pakistani Taliban has written to Malala Yousafzai – the 16-year-old schoolgirl and education advocate who survived a near-fatal assassination attempt last October – to express his regret at the attack.
Fierce fight for Damascus ‘traps 200 civilians inside mosque’
Monday 15 July 2013
Opposition warns that unless the UN intervenes, thousands could be massacred
Fierce fight for Damascus ‘traps 200 civilians inside mosque’
Sunday 14 July 2013
Opposition warns that unless the UN intervenes, thousands could be massacred
MoD confirms more British soldiers commit suicide than are killed in battle
Sunday 14 July 2013
Panorama discover that at least 50 serving and veteran soldiers took their own lives in 2012.
Who is the US arming in Syria? President Assad rubs his hands at news of rebel split
Friday 12 July 2013
The President would be the FSA’s best ally in war against Islamists, says Robert Fisk
On the day of Lee Rigby's funeral, let's really ask how we can stop such tragedies in the future
Friday 12 July 2013
The mainstream British media tends to present all stories about conflict through the prism of nationhood. But there is no "us" and "them"
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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