Queen sends message to UK troops
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The Queen sends a special Christmas message of support to British troops stationed in Iraq.
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Queen Elizabeth II on Friday sent a message of congratulations to Malaysia&#39;s King Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin on the 50th anniversary of his country&#39;s independence from Britain.
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British troops still have "an important job to do" in Iraq, Prime Minister Gordon Brown says.
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America has requested the assistance of UK troops in Iraq, which would involve British soldiers operating outside the UK-controlled southern sector of Iraq, the defence secretary confirmed today.
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Britain&#39;s Queen Elizabeth II laid a wreath at Germany&#39;s national war memorial Tuesday during a state visit underlining the two countries&#39; post-World War II reconciliation and the urgency of efforts to combat climate change.
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Britain will send a wave of extra troops to Afghanistan ahead of an expected spring offensive by the Taliban, government sources said on Friday.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair said that Britain must &quot;stand firm&quot; against a global terrorist threat amid news that three British soldiers had been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, the two main battlegrounds of the US-led war on terror.
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The Princess Royal, Prince Charles's sister, has visited British troops in Afghanistan, the first trip to the country by a member of the Royal Famiy this year, the defence ministry said.
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In contrast to the U.S. troop buildup, Prime Minister Tony Blair said today that Britain will withdraw up to 1,600 of its roughly 7,100 British troops in southern Iraq in the coming months.
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British Queen Elizabeth II sent a special Christmas message to British troops serving overseas, the recorded radio message will be aired on Saturday afternoon, said Buckingham Palace, BBC reported.
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Britain&#39;s Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon arrives at Parliament in London, Monday Oct. 18, 2004, to give a statement about redeployment of British troops in Iraq.
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Tony Blair, the British prime minister, wants Africa to be the &quot;top priority&quot; for a new European Union military force that could be deployed in crisis areas at short notice.
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Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz, Deputy Prime Minister and Commander of the National Guard, has sent a message to British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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The Princess Royal meets British soldiers during a two-day trip to Afghanistan by her and her husband.
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BASRA, Iraq  - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown paid an unannounced visit on Sunday to the troops whose mission he is winding down in Shi'ite southern Iraq.
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Queen Elizabeth has called for tolerance between different cultural and religious groups in her Christmas address to the nation. &quot;Religion and culture are much in the news these days, usually
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Defense Minister Geoff Hoon will make a statement to the House of Commons on Monday about British troop deployments in Iraq, amid reports that Britain is considering sending some 600 soldiers to bolster US operations near Baghdad.