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  • Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Korea

    Mr Scott Wightman CMG has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Korea in succession to Mr Martin Uden who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment.

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

  • Foreign Secretary announces funding of £1 million for Special Tribunal in Lebanon

    Foreign Secretary William Hague said the UK is "committed to supporting the search for justice in Lebanon".

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

  • Foreign Secretary chairs UN Security Council debate on Sudan

    The debate focussed on the importance of a peaceful and credible referendum in January 2011 and progress on the political, humanitarian and security situation in Darfur.

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

  • Prime Minister wishes royal couple "great joy"

    Prime Minister David Cameron has wished Prince William and Kate Middleton "great joy" following the news of their engagement.

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

  • ISAF troops play top Afghan women footballers

    Women's football is a growing sport in Afghanistan and the top female players recently played a match with British and other ISAF female troops based in Kabul.

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

  • RLC soldiers receive Afghanistan campaign medals

    The Regiment deployed to a variety of locations across Afghanistan, including Camp Bastion, Kandahar, Kabul, and bases around Helmand province…

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

  • RAF Air Commodore hands over command of Kandahar Airfield

    The transfer of authority involved a ceremony inside an Afghan Air Force hangar at the base where the British Commander of Kandahar Airfield…

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

  • Trial begins for suspects in the death of human rights defender in Democratic Republic of Congo

    Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham said that he hopes justice is delivered quickly as the trial for suspects in the death of human rights defender Floribert Chebeya starts.

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

  • Nigeria project wins award

    A major DFID project to assist the Government of Nigeria to better plan, finance and operate infrastructure has won the prestigious British Expertise Development Project of the Year award.

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

  • Former child soldiers share story with UK minister

    Former child soldiers from Uganda have met with Minister for International Development, Stephen O’Brien, during their visit to the UK. The children, who are supported by the relief charity, Watoto, thanked the MP for the UK’…

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

  • PM participates in Global Climate Summit

    The Prime Minister and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger have agreed that governments around the world should take action to fight global warming

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

  • PM wishes royal couple 'great joy'

    Prime Minister David Cameron has wished Prince William and Kate Middleton 'great joy' following the news of their engagement.

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

  • Foreign Secretary Statement on Aung San Suu Kyi's release

    "Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's arbitrary detention for most of the last 20 years has been deeply unjust. Her fortitude in the face of this outrage has been inspirational."

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

  • Foreign Secretary welcomes the release of the Chandlers

    Paul and Rachel Chandler were released yesterday following 388 days in captivity after they were kidnapped from their yacht off the coast of Somalia.

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

  • Diplomatic wreath laying ceremony at the Foreign Office memorial

    Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke at the wreath laying ceremony to remember Foreign Office staff who have been killed in service.

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

  • Army vet works with all manner of livestock in Helmand

    Captain Lowe joined the Royal Army Veterinary Corps a little over eighteen months ago with, she said, her eyes open: “The main roles in …

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

  • IN PICTURES: HM Armed Forces remember the fallen from Afghanistan to London

    From bases in Afghanistan, on board Royal Navy ships, at RAF stations and in Army barracks around the world, the British Service community has honoured the fallen of military campaigns past and present.

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

  • Emergency aid to Burma

    The UK Government will give emergency food, water, sanitation and health care to more than a hundred thousand people in Burma as the full scale of destruction caused by Cyclone Giri has become clear

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

  • Hygiene, sanitation and water: Forgotten foundations of health

    PUSS O'Brien launches a Sanitation & Water Series published in Public Library of Science (PLoS) Medicine.

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

  • Pakistan Development Forum

    International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell's speech to the Pakistan Development Forum in Islamabad on 15 November 2010.

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