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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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'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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Bloodless President Barack Obama makes Americans pine for George W Bush

Barack Obama's reaction to bad news is to play it so cool that Americans yearn for a bit more drama - and some even for his predecessor, writes Toby Harnden in Washington. Photo: GETTY During the election campaign, Barack...

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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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'World Have Your Say': global discussion that asks the unaskable

Christopher Middleton applauds ’World Have Your Say’ - a phone-in radio programme that has taken the world by storm. Worldwide audience: computer screens show waiting callers for the 'World Have Your Say' radio-debate programme...

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Choir raises £40,000 for soldiers

The choir said it was very pleased at the sale success A Worcestershire choir has helped raise more than £40,000 to help injured servicemen and women. Kidderminster Male Voice Choir released its 18-track CD Songs For Heroes...

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Search still on for Euromillions winners

Two British ticketholders have won a share of the massive £90 million jackpot in Friday's Euromillions draw. Related Stories First £1,000 rail fare revealed British soldiers shot dead in Afghanistan named Tributes to troops...

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Campaign for reason over Afghanistan

Voice of the Mirror 7/11/2009 The Prime Minister made a persuasive case for continued British military involvement in Afghanistan after the tragedies of the past week. Unless Gordon Brown rekindles public support for the "noble...

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Our soldiers are dying in Afghanistan. We should ALL wear a poppy - Harry

Harry Redknapp has added his voice to the Sportsmail campaign for all Barclays Premier League clubs to wear poppies on their shirts this weekend. The Tottenham manager sent out this powerful message on Friday ahead of...

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'Core' apple species under threat

Scientists in Kazakhstan fear the forests from which all cultivated apples originated may be at risk of dying out. It is believed that the first apples grew in the area and now experts are trying to preserve the wild forests...

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