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  • Camp Bastion doubles in size

    Camp Bastion, the lynchpin of British, and increasingly American, operations in Helmand, is a desert metropolis, complete with airport, that is expanding at a remarkable pace. Report by Sharon Kean.

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

  • ISAF and Afghan leaders discuss counter-insurgency and civilian casualties

    ISAF and Afghan leaders have ended two days of discussions on improving counter-insurgency operations and preventing civilian casualties by cataloguing best practices that can be shared by all units operating in Afghanistan.

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

  • RAF firefighters battle fire at US Helmand base

    The fire broke out in a storage yard on the base at 1800hrs local time on Sunday 16 May 2010. Within half-an-hour the flames were visible from…

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

  • New measures to reduce flight disruptions

    Aviation authorities in the UK and Ireland have introduced new measures to reduce disruption to flights from volcanic ash.

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

  • Europe, Latin America and Caribbean climate progress

    At the European Union-Latin America and the Caribbean Summit on 18 May 2010, a number of priorities were agreed for climate change.

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

  • DFID and FA team up for better education in South Africa

    Young female football coaches visited two DFID-funded education projects aimed at changing children’s lives in South Africa.

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

  • International Day Against Homophobia

    Statement by Minister for Europe, David Lidington MP

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

  • Statement on Iranian nuclear deal

    Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt has responded to reports of a deal to exchange nuclear fuel to power Tehran's medical reactor

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

  • McChrystal - changing perceptions of Afghan people is key to success

    Changing the perceptions of the Afghan people about the coalition, their own government and the Taliban will be key to success in that nation, the Commander of the International Security Assistance Force and US forces in Afg…

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

  • Liam Fox - we need to be in Afghanistan

    New Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has spoken about the national security reasons for the UK military being in Afghanistan and praised the bravery and professionalism of troops in Helmand.

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

  • 1 SCOTS soldiers on the IED hunt

    One British Army platoon, based in the Sangin valley, has earned itself high praise after finding, and eliminating, numerous improvised explosive devices during a single patrol.

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

  • Foreign Secretary meets EU & Latin American foreign ministers in Spain

    Foreign Secretary William Hague is visiting Spain today to attend a meeting of EU, Latin American and Caribbean Foreign Ministers.

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

  • Stephen O'Brien appointed DFID Minister

    Stephen O'Brien MP has been appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development.

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

  • Freeze on UK-based awareness projects

    An immediate freeze on new funding for ‘awareness projects’, in a drive to refocus aid spending, was announced today by DFID Secretary of State Andrew Mitchell.

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

  • French academic Clotilde Reiss returns to France after arrest in Iran

    The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has issued a statement about the return of Clotilde Reiss to France after her arrest in Iran.

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

  • Prime Minister David Cameron in talks with President Karzai

    Prime Minister said he wanted to “further strengthen” relations between Britain and Afghanistan during his discussions with President Karzai on Saturday 15 May.

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

  • PM aims to further strengthen Afghan relations

    Prime Minister David Cameron has held discussions with President Hamid Karzai at Chequers.

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

  • Foreign Secretary in Washington

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has arrived in Washington DC today for talks with US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton.

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

  • Foreign Secretary William Hague's interview on BBC News

    Foreign Secretary William Hague was interviewed by BBC News. He talked about a arrange of foreign policy issues.

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

  • Foreign Secretary William Hague Washington meeting press conference

    Foreign Secretary William Hague and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the UK-US special relationship

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