US 'delayed UK Basra withdrawal'
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The withdrawal of British troops from Basra was delayed due to US pressure, a UK commander in Iraq claims.
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The officer overseeing the withdrawal of UK troops from central Basra says it was an "important step".
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British forces seal off the aera after a bomb planted in a trash can exploded in Basra, southern Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004, outside the complex of the British and American consulates as a British convoy drove out, police said.
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BP confirms that former boss Lord Browne's Â£1.4m leaving payment is on hold pending the result of US court case.
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The US may delay activating its Europe-based missile defence shield, Defence Secretary Robert Gates says.
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The US is to withdraw 15,000 troops from Iraq from next month, whose tour of duty was extended to secure the 30 January poll.
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The U.S. military is delaying the   departure of thousands of soldiers from Iraq while speeding the   arrival of thousands more as a way to keep more troops on the   ground to handle unrelenting violence, the Pentagon said on   Monday.
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Halliburton said Monday the U.S. Army had decided to give the company more time to resolve a billing dispute before withholding payment of up to 15 percent of the company's bills in Iraq and Kuwait.
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Kidnappers threatening to execute three UN hostages in Afghanistan accused the United States on Saturday of delaying their release.
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BASRA, Iraq - British troops were quitting the southern Iraqi city of Basra last night in another step toward handing over the province to Iraqi control and preparing for an eventual withdrawal of British forces from Iraq.
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BASRA, Iraq  - British troops were quitting the southern Iraqi city of Basra overnight in a move that will end the British presence in the oil hub for the first time since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003.
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BASRA, Iraq  - British troops were quitting the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Sunday night in another step towards handing over the province to Iraqi control and paving the way for an eventual withdrawal of British forces from Iraq.
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Britain said on Thursday its troops will  stay in Iraq for as long as required by the Iraqi authorities,  denying a newspaper report that it was urging Washington to  give a provisional timetable for a pull-out.
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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has said that British forces could transfer control of the southern Iraqi city of Basra to the Iraq government by early next year.
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UK security firm accused of failing to pass on intelligence to army in Basra
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WASHINGTON, United States : An unusual US request for a British battalion to back up American troops in Iraq has shown the political constraints on the use of coalition forces even as an intensifying battle against insurgents is testing the US force there
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British soldiers began withdrawing Sunday from their last base in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, paving the way for fresh troop cuts and fueling worries about the security of the country's second-largest city and the surrounding region.