Number of Welsh army recruits up
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The Army says it is on course for a bumper year for recruitment in Wales despite ongoing conflicts overseas.
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The number of firearms offences in England and Wales has risen in the last year, according to Home Office figures released on Thursday.
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The U.S. Army National Guard,  battered by its major role in the Iraq war, announced on  Thursday it would increase enlistment bonuses to attract new  recruits and seek $20 billion to replace arms and equipment.
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The Republic of Georgia said Thursday it is raising the number of its soldiers serving with the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq to more than 2,000 from the current 850.
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HUNDREDS of Welsh soldiers who served in the Iraq war are returning to the country to help keep the peace.
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Around 80 soldiers from a largely Welsh regiment are being sent to support fellow British troops being redeployed in central Iraq.
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Around 650 extra UK troops will be sent to Iraq ahead of the elections, the government is set to announce.
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The population of the UK will increase by 4.4 million over the next nine years, according to new estimates.
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More people have signed up to train as teachers in England than at any time since 1975, figures show.
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Wales open a busy night of Euro 2008 qualifying in Slovakia.
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The bulk of an 850-strong group of British troops are gathering near their new base in a US-controlled area of Iraq. Soldiers from the Black Watch regiment will join up with the first wave of their colleagues
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The Pentagon could boost the number of additional forces being sent to Iraq, adding as many as 3,000 troops to the 21,500 being deployed under the president's war plan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday.
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Recruiters seek soldiers on a hot sport's battlefields.
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The number of neo-Nazis and skinheads in the armed forces is increasing, according to a watchdog group that claims the military is relaxing standards amid pressure to sign up recruits during the Iraq war.
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The number of waivers granted to recruits with criminal backgrounds has grown 65 percent in the last three years.
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The U.S. military presence in Iraq will grow to 150,000 troops by next month, the highest level since the invasion last year.
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Government figures for the number of foreign nationals working in the UK since 1997 have increased from 800,000 to 1.1 million.