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  • Prime Minister visits Washington

    Prime Minister, David Cameron, travels to Washington, DC today to meet with President Barack Obama.

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

  • Foreign Secretary visits Herat

    The Foreign Secretary visited Herat in the west of Afghanistan today and witnessed first hand that progress made nationally is being felt at the local level.

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

  • British trained Afghan soldiers lead operation into Taliban stronghold

    The operation, known as Op OMID DO (HOPE 2), was the culmination of weeks of planning by Colonel Sheren Shah, the Commander of the 3rd Kandak…

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

  • HMS Somerset heads for Iraq

    The Plymouth-based Type 23 frigate left Devonport earlier this year. In the first week of her current tasking, the frigate visited 76 vessels…

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

  • Number 10 Press Briefing - Morning From 19 July 2010

    Briefing by the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: BP, Big Society, Academies Bill, Afghanistan and misc.

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

  • Number 10 Press Briefing - Afternoon From 19 July 2010

    Briefing by the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Megrahi/BP and misc.

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

  • Foreign Secretary meets Japanese Foreign Minister

    William Hague met the Japanese Foreign Minister for two hours of wide-ranging talks

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

  • Iran bomb attacks

    Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt condemns atrocity in south-eastern Iran.

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

  • RAF officer teaches Afghan children rugby

    Group Captain Jonathan Derbyshire, with the assistance of Flight Lieutenant Richie Woods, a qualified referee, has introduced tag rugby to the…

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

  • IN PICTURES: Navy pilots train for Helmand in Californian desert

    Royal Navy Sea King helicopter pilots and their crews from the Commando Helicopter Force (CHF) have been training for their deployment to Afghanistan in the Californian desert.

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

  • 16 Air Assault Brigade prepare for Afghanistan

    16 Air Assault Brigade, the first UK troops to enter Helmand province in 2002 and support the International Security Assistance Force's (ISAF's) efforts to create stability in Afghanistan, are preparing to travel bac…

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

  • Injured TA soldier benefits from return to work initiative

    A Territorial Army (TA) soldier who was seriously injured in Afghanistan, leaving him unable to return to his former employment, took on a new challenge working amongst the national arms and armoury collection.

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

  • MOD police officer rewarded for training Afghan police women

    The first female MOD police officer to train women in the Afghan National Police (ANP) has been awarded two national awards for her outstanding work during her deployment to Afghanistan.

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

  • Queen honours 3 SCOTS soldiers

    Soldiers from The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS), received their gallantry awards from Her Majesty The Queen at a ceremony in Edinburgh on Tuesday 13 July 2010.

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

  • Joint statement: PM and His Majesty the King of Bahrain

    The Prime Minister and His Majesty the King of Bahrain have issued a joint statement following their meeting in Number 10 today.

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

  • Alistair Burt meets with Lebanese officials

    On his second day visit to Lebanon, Minister Alistair Burt met with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Speaker Nabih Berri, and Foreign Minister Ali Shami.

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

  • New 'Home Lines' for Lisburn Gunners

    Northern Ireland-based soldiers, who returned from a tour in Afghanistan last October, organised their own unique way of marking the move into their new purpose-built headquarters and workshops - a gun run and salute.

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

  • General Richards to take over as Chief of the Defence Staff

    Currently serving as the Chief of the General Staff, General Sir David Richards will take up the post of Chief of the Defence Staff in October…

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

  • 16 Air Assault Brigade to replace 4th Mechanized Brigade in Helmand

    16 Air Assault Brigade will replace 4th Mechanized Brigade in October 2010 as the lead formation of British troops in Helmand province, Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has announced today, Wednesday 14 July 2010.

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

  • Number 10 Press Briefing - Afternoon From 14 July 2010

    Briefing by the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Raoul Moat, Afghanistan, Mandelson diaries, IPSA, General Richards, two-week cancer guarantee.

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