Britain extends citizenship rights to Gurkha soldiers
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Britain has extended full citizenship rights to Gurkha soldiers from Nepal who serve in the British armed forces, Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.
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BERLIN, Sept 30  - The German parliament agreed overwhelmingly on Thursday to back the government and extend the army&#39;s peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan by a further 12 months.
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The British government is responding to a request from Baghdad to regulate thousands of private security workers that are flowing from the United Kingdom into Iraq and Afghanistan to work for British firms.
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Gurkhas, who have served with British  army for nearly 200 years, won a landmark battle on Thursday to  be able to settle in the UK and gain British citizenship.
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The British government forged ahead with plans to introduce identity cards as part of its drive against terrorism after defeating a revolt in parliament.
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Four employees of a British security firm killed in an attack in Baghdad were Nepalese nationals who formerly served with Britain's elite Gurkha army regiment, the Foreign Office revealed.
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GLASGOW, May 24 (IPS) - New defence is being considered for defenders of  civil society rights by the nearly 1,000 participants in the  Civicus world assembly under way in Glasgow this week.
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Britain said Monday it was sending 900 more soldiers to southern Afghanistan to combat resistance from a resurgent Taliban.
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Former Nepalese-born Gurkha soldiers who helped defend Hong Kong under British rule are fuming at London&#39;s decision to exclude them from a new law giving the crack fighters British citizenship, a spokesman said Thursday.
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Britain, Spain and Gibraltar are due to signs accords to improve living conditions for the people of the contested territory.
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An ex-Gurkha who won the Victoria Cross tells of his joy at being given UK citizenship rights.
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Britain has scored a legal victory over Spain regarding the voting rights of residents of the disputed territory of Gibraltar, The European Court of Justice has announced.
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LONDON -- Britain said yesterday it will increase its troop strength in southern Afghanistan to bolster NATO forces battling Taliban militants, days after Prime Minister Tony Blair said he was pulling some British troops out of Iraq.
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Britain may increase the number of troops it has in Afghanistan, according to a Nato spokesman.
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London (IANS) British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon has announced a review of the rights of Gurkhas serving in the British armed forces.
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Groups that represent Nepal's famed Gurkha soldiers Thursday criticised a British ministry of defence plan to pay full army pensions to current regiments and exclude thousands of retired troops.
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Britain plans to send 1,000 more troops to Afghanistan, bolstering the 5,000 it already has there, British lawmakers said Friday.