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BBC News
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Fifteen British Navy personnel have been captured at gunpoint by Iranian forces, the Ministry of Defence says.
The men were seized at 1030 local time when they boarded a boat in the Gulf, off the coast of Iraq, which they suspected was smuggling cars...
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The Age
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MAJOR Michael Mori, the defence lawyer for terror suspect David Hicks, could be removed from the case after threats from the chief US prosecutor to charge him under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
The intervention may derail Hicks' trial and poss..
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Telegraph
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Prince Harry is to be sent to Iraq next year as a troop commander and is likely to patrol the hazardous border with Iran, defence sources have disclosed...
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BBC News
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Russia and China have condemned a US plan for a missile defence shield, saying it will set back international disarmament efforts.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the joint statement with Chinese President Hu Jintao while in Beijing on his fir..
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BBC News
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US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said he favours a "pause" in troop reductions in Iraq after up to 30,000 US soldiers are sent home this summer.
The Pentagon aims to decrease troop numbers in Iraq from 20 to 15 brigades. One brigade has already le..
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BBC News
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US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates has urged Germany to send more troops to Afghanistan.
He warned that without reinforcements the Nato-led force could lose credibility in the country.
A German newspaper described Mr Gates' letter to German Defenc..
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CNN
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A British soldier was killed and two others were wounded in a blast in southern Afghanistan, the British Defence Ministry said on Friday.
Troops were returning to their Kandahar Air Base after an operation Thursday "when a vehicle they were traveling i..
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BBC News
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Two Italian soldiers who were kidnapped in western Afghanistan have been released during a military operation, the Italian defence ministry says.
It said both men were injured and one of them was reported to be in a serious condition. They were being t..
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BBC News
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Guinea's President Lansana Conte has sacked Defence Minister Arafan Camara and army chief Gen Kerfalla Camara, national radio has announced.
The move follows days of rioting by soldiers demanding better working conditions and the re-instatement of mili..
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Reuters
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Russian President Vladimir Putin sharply criticized the United States on Saturday for what he said was an attempt to force its will on the world. Speaking at an annual gathering of top security and defense officials in Germany, Putin attacked the conce..
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Times Online
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Of all the things that keep you sleepless in this restive world, good money says that the “conditionalities” in Iraq are not among them. And yet that is precisely how Des Browne, the Defence Secretary, referred to the problems of the region last week...
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CBC
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Canadian Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor made another pitch Friday for NATO allies "sharing the burden" in Afghanistan and dropping restrictions on their troops...
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