British army scraps Sikh regiment idea: report
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The British army considered setting up a regiment for British Sikhs but dropped the idea because it did not want to segregate them from other soldiers, the Sunday Telegraph reported.
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The Indian army drops plans to renovate Muslim shrines and mosques in Kashmir after a row with clerics.
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The Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon confirmed the axing of four infantry battalions today in a major restructuring of the Army.
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Britain today said it was &quot;considering&quot; a request from Washington to redeploy some of its troops in Iraq from their current base in Basra into strife-torn US-held areas.
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BASRA, Iraq  - British troops quit the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Monday, an Iraqi general said, ending 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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The Royal Anglian Regiment emerged unscathed as four infantry battalions were axed in a major restructuring of the British Army. But the widely predicted changes north of the border were confirmed by Defence
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Britain said it was not "engaged" with the Taliban, after a report that relations between London and Kabul have soured due to a secret British plan to train former Taliban fighters.
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LONDON -- Britain's decision to pull 1,600 troops out of Iraq by spring, touted by US and British leaders as a turning point in Iraqi sovereignty, was widely seen yesterday as a telling admission that the British military can no longer sustain simultaneous wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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LONDON, Nov 4  - The Black Watch, three of whose soldiers have been killed in an ambush in Iraq just days after beginning a new mission near Baghdad, is one of the most famous regiments in the British army, billing itself &quot;Scotland&#39;s finest&quot;.
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A total of 10 soldiers from a Scots regiment are to be dismissed from the Army after failing drug tests.
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LONDON: Plans to revive a play that infuriated Sikhs in Britain and triggered a mini-riot have been scrapped at the playwright&#39;s request, the manager of the theatre that was going to stage it said.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s office yesterday dismissed a newspaper report that he had ordered the military to prepare 3,000 troops for a possible mission to Sudan&#39;s violence-torn Darfur region.
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JAMMU, India, Nov. 20 -- India pulled about 3,000 troops out of Kashmir Saturday in a planned withdrawal of army units from the disputed region, Indian officials said.
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The Irish Republican Army has disbanded units for weapons making, arms smuggling, recruiting and training, an expert panel reported Wednesday in dramatic findings that could boost chances for reviving a Catholic-Protestant administration in Northern Ireland.
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Britain will withdraw its remaining 600 troops from Bosnia after a 15-year peacekeeping mission in the region, Defense Minister Adam Ingram said Thursday.
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London, Sept. 30 (NNN): Gurkhas, who have been fighting as part of the British Army for almost 200 years, will now be eligible for 'fast-track' citizenship in Britain once they retire from the Army.
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The Government came under more pressure in the Commons today over plans for a major reorganisation of Scottish regiments. Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon is considering plans to scrap one of Scotland&#39;s six infantry