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FACTBOX: Military deaths in Afghanistan

(Reuters) – A British soldier in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, was killed in a firefight with Taliban militants on Tuesday, Britain’s Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday. Here are figures for foreign military deaths as a result of violence or accidents in Afghanistan since the Taliban government was toppled in …

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British soldier killed in Afghanistan: MoD

LONDON (Reuters) – A British soldier was killed in a firefight with Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan, Britain’s Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday. The soldier, from the 2nd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment, was on a routine patrol in Helmand province when his unit was attacked on Tuesday. He …

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Karadzic to make first court appearance Thursday

THE HAGUE (Reuters) – War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic will appear before the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague for the first time on Thursday, the court said, and will be asked to enter a plea to the charges against him.

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