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‘Diplomat detained’ on US plane

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:17:54 +0000

A man has been detained after he tried to set fire to his shoes on a US flight, reports say.

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Prison stand-off draws to close

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:26:50 +0000

A protest by dissident republican prisoners at Maghaberry prison has ended.

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Prisoners’ jail protest goes on

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:24:16 +0000

A security alert at Maghaberry Prison is under way after dissident republican inmates barricaded themselves into a dining room. A suspicious object was thrown from the room, where up to 30 prisoners gathered on Sunday morning after attending Mass. Visits at the high-security prison have been suspended

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Limb loss rises among UK troops

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:39:48 +0000

Rising numbers of UK service personnel are losing limbs as a result of serving in Afghanistan, official figures show. Some 54 lost part or all of a limb in 2009, including 26 who lost more than one, the Ministry of Defence says. That compares with 30 amputees in 2008 and 12 the year before

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Dead UK soldier named by the MoD

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:12:26 +0000

A British soldier killed in a bomb blast while on foot patrol in Afghanistan has been named by the Ministry of Defence. Guardsman Michael Sweeney, 19, of 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, was killed in the Babaji district of central Helmand province on Thursday morning. The soldier had been on patrol near the newly built Walizi base.

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US ‘revamps air security checks’

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:52:46 +0000

The US will announce on Friday that it is to begin profiling US-bound passengers to determine who should get extra screening, reports say. The measures would replace mandatory enhanced screening of all travellers from 14 nations, brought in after the failed attack on a flight in December.

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Bodies of three soldiers flown home

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:36:40 +0000

The bodies of three soldiers killed in Helmand Province in Afghanistan will be repatriated to the UK later. Rifleman Daniel Holkham, 19, Lance Corporal of Horse Jonathan Woodgate, 26 and Serjeant Steven Campbell, 30, died in separate incidents this month

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Car bombs kill five in Iraqi city

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:12:31 +0000

A double car-bombing has killed five people and wounded scores more in the Iraqi city of Karbala.

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Soldier killed by Afghan car bomb

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:23:30 +0000

A British soldier from Third Battalion The Rifles has been killed by a suicide car bomber in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has announced. The soldier died on Saturday afternoon after an explosion 1km east of Sangin, in Helmand Province. The death was not related to Operation Moshtarak.

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Blasts as Iraq awaits poll result

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:32:21 +0000

At least 40 people have been killed in two bomb blasts in the Iraqi town of Khalis, as the country awaits final parliamentary election results.

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