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'I will kill 10 of these people for each IED we find'

Guardian photographer Sean Smith documents the methods used by Afghan National police in the arrest and questioning of a group of Pashtuns after an insurgent bomb went off in Paktia province, Afghanistan. The incident was...

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Injured soldier's road to recovery

Soldier Michael Stoker spoke to the Politics Show's Yvette Shapiro The Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre at Headley Court in London is by now familiar territory to Michael Stoker. The 22-year-old son of UUP councillor Bob...

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China syndrome

London’s Asian art festival is full of surprises ASIAN Art in London—the city’s week-long late-autumn flowering of dealers’ shows and daily auctions, which ended on November 7th—was characterised by some beautiful exhibitions,...

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The mother of all adventures: such guilty pleasures in Koh Samui

Guilt creeps up on our gap year mother of five as she takes a break from the incessant travel on the beaches of Koh Samui in Thailand. A nagging feeling of guilt intrudes on Jo Thompson's enjoyment on Koh Samui Photo: GETTY...

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Company with links to Tony Blair adviser in Libya tourism deal

A secretive company run by the brother of Tony Blair’s main adviser is profiting from being a key player in the development of Libya’s lucrative tourist industry, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. By Holly Watt in Hamilton,...

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Golf-WGC-HSBC Champions third round scores

Nov 7 (Reuters) - Leading scores from the WGC-HSBC Champions third round in Shanghai on Saturday (par 72). 202 Phil Mickelson (U.S.) 69 66 67 204 Nick Watney (U.S.) 64 70 70 Tiger Woods (U.S.) 67 67 70 205 Ryan Moore (U.S.) 66...

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Crash death woman served in RAF

Michelle Jurd led an operation into enemy territory in Iraq A woman killed in a crash in south Cumbria was a former RAF officer who had served in Kosovo and Iraq. Michelle Jurd was driving her two young children when she was...

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Helicopter base closes overnight

Two RAF Search and Rescue helicopters are based at Wattisham The RAF has suspended overnight search and rescue helicopter operations from a Suffolk airfield for six weeks because of deployments in Afghanistan. Two RAF Sea Kings...

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UPDATE 1-Motorcycling-In-form Stoner takes pole in Valencia

Australian edges ahead of Pedrosa, Lorenzo * World champion Rossi fourth quickest (adds 250cc qualifying result) VALENCIA, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Ducati rider Casey Stoner maintained his excellent end of season form to clinch pole...

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Expenses return to the headlines

MPs' expenses are back in the headlines amid reports that not all of the reforms proposed by the parliamentary watchdog may be implemented. The Daily Mail says Sir Ian Kennedy, who is charged with rewriting the rules, has...

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