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Brown arrives for Baghdad talks

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Gordon Brown has arrived in Baghdad to hold talks with Iraqi prime minister Nouri Maliki. In a visit to the country in December, Mr Brown thanked British troops for their work as he announced the official handover of Basra to Iraqi authorities. In April Defence Secretary Des Browne said the number of British troops in Iraq could not be reduced as had been planned, due to violence in Basra. Troop numbers were cut from 5,000 to 4,000 between October 2007... [read full story]                    

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