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  • British helicopter crews support Afghan elections in joint ISAF mission

    British Lynx crews from the Joint Helicopter Force (Afghanistan), in partnership with their US colleagues and Afghan pilots from the Afghan Air Force (AAF), have been transporting ballot boxes, material and personnel to the …

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK forces transfer responsibility for security in Sangin to US

    ISAF has today announced that British forces in southern Afghanistan have handed responsibility for security in Sangin to US forces

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New Reaper aircraft provides extra support to operations in Afghanistan

    An extra Reaper remotely-piloted aircraft has arrived in Afghanistan, increasing support to troops.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Minister for the Overseas Territories visits the Turks and Caicos Islands

    Minister for the Overseas Territories, Henry Bellingham is visiting the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), one of 14 British Overseas Territories.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Growth week: Tackling the hardest questions

    Growth Week will bring together leading academics and policy makers from both the north and the south to discuss key growth issues facing developing countries.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Others must follow UK’s lead at summit

    Millions of lives across the world could be transformed by achieving the MDGs to tackle global poverty, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell said today in New York.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • PM pays tribute to British troops in Sangin

    Prime Minister David Cameron has paid tribute to the "huge achievements" made by British troops in Sangin Province in Afghanistan

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • After the floods: returning home in northern Pakistan

    How UKaid funded relief packages have helped families move back to their villages

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  • Soldier from The Queen's Royal Lancers and soldier from the Royal Engineers killed in Afghanistan

    It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that a soldier from The Queen's Royal Lancers and a soldier from the Royal Engineers, serving as part of Combined Force Lashkar Gah, were killed in Afghanista…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Sudan: NGO Day of Action

    Joint Statement by Stephen O’Brien MP and Henry Bellingham MP

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Afghanistan Parliamentary elections

    Foreign Secretary William Hague makes a statement following a day of Parliamentary elections in Afghanistan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary expresses concern about IAEA's latest findings on Iran

    On 15 September the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors discussed the Agency's latest report on Iran's nuclear programme.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • IAEA Board of Governors meets in Vienna

    The UK’s Governor on the IAEA Board, Simon Smith, comments on the IAEA Director General's recent report on Iran, and on this week's Board of Governors meeting.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • This week at the Foreign Office

    A look at news from the Foreign Office and its embassies overseas this week.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Joint Communiqué following the working dinner between HM Government and the Papal Delegation

    Her Majesty's Government and the Holy See delegation discussed a number of areas of shared interest.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Prince William becomes a fully-operational Search and Rescue pilot

    Prince William has today graduated from his Search and Rescue training course at Royal Air Force Valley in Anglesey, Wales.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • ANP take the lead on security for Afghan elections

    In a further sign of progress, when the Afghan parliamentary elections get underway tomorrow it will be the Afghan National Police (ANP) who have the primary responsibility for security around the polling stations country-wi…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Top British General speaks of progress in Kandahar

    Major General Nick Carter, the Commander of Regional Command (South) in Afghanistan, has given an update on the progress of operations in Kandahar - the strategically important Afghan province adjacent to Helmand where the m…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Chief Financial Officer appointed on Turks & Caicos Islands

    Caroline Gardner, Deputy Auditor General for Audit Scotland is appointed new chief financial officer to the Turks and Caicos Islands Government.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • British health workers save lives in developing countries

    International Development Secretary and Cardinal Turkson hear how British health workers play a crucial role in reducing maternal and child deaths in the world’s poorest countries.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government