Soldier left letter for parents
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A British solider killed in Afghanistan left a letter for his family saying they should not be angry about his death.
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For weeks, Chief Warrant Officer Jason DeFrenn's family awaited his homecoming, a trip planned as much more than a simple respite from his second tour in Iraq: The nine-year Army veteran was returning to South Carolina to help his wife give birth. Instead, his loved ones are making plans for the 34-year-old Army pilot's funeral.
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The parents of missing British girl  Madeleine McCann issued a video on Saturday with a new plea for  information about her whereabouts and a special Christmas  message to their daughter to "be brave."
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Israel obtained a two-decade-old letter written in captivity by its most famous missing soldier as part of a recent exchange with the Hezbollah guerrilla group, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday.
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BAGHDAD -- The letter slipped into the doorjamb contained a simple unsigned threat: If the family's son kept working for the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq, he would be killed, and his parents' home blown up.
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They may be disappointed, but families of troops in Iraq should not be surprised that 3,500 soldiers who were expected home next month have been ordered to remain overseas for
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Parents of soldiers who died at the Deepcut army base are to push for a full inquiry as they meet MPs.
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I want to thank Lynne Joiner [letters, Nov. 29] for taking the time to help wounded soldiers. My brother fought for a year in Iraq with the 101st Airborne, and my cousin, a Navy pilot, flew in both Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Donald Rumsfeld, the American defence secretary, has been using a machine to sign letters of condolence to the relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq, it emerged yesterday.
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By Nicole White, The Miami Herald  Feb. 11--A 13-year-old girl did this and her Army dad came home from Iraq. A 45-year-old spinster did it and found true love with a FedEx deliveryman.
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Patients who may have received a blood plasma transfusion from an individual who later developed CJD are to receive letters informing them that they may be &quot;at risk&quot;.
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A close friend of the latest soldier killed in action in Iraq spoke today of the family&#39;s shock and devastation at the news of his death.
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It is difficult to find anything positive about war, but the pictures in the news of children and their military fathers loving each other have been heart-rending. They remind us that there is nothing on Earth more precious and sacred than the love between fathers and their children.
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NEW YORK -- The words, in blocky typeface, read like a ransom note. "We have your son. We will make sure he will no longer be able to care for himself or interact socially as long as he lives. This is only the beginning."
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The parents of missing Madeleine McCann thank the public for their efforts, as a giant appeal poster is unveiled.
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On a recruiting visit to a school in this Chicago suburb, Marine Staff Sgt. Jody Van Doorenmaalen asked a sophomore what popped into his parents' heads when they thought about him joining the Marines.
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LONDON - A British soldier's postcard to his sweetheart has finally arrived - 92 years after he sent it from the trenches of World War I.  Pvt.