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  • Radio 1 links up with BFBS Camp Bastion

    Star DJs from BBC's Radio 1 conducted a series of live links with the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) team in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, throughout Bank Holiday Monday yesterday.

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

  • Afghan, British and Danish troops help improve security around Gereshk

    Work by elements of Task Force Helmand and local Afghan National Army units over recent weeks has helped bring increased security to Gereshk in central Helmand.

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

  • Flag ceremony marks new command and control structure in southern Afghanistan

    Changes to the command and control of ISAF forces in southern Afghanistan that sees the current Regional Command (South) split in two come into force today, Tuesday 1 June 2010.

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

  • Lord Howell meets with Ayad Allawi

    The Rt Hon Lord Howell, Minister of State at the Foreign Office met with Iraqi political leader Ayad Allawi in London today.

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

  • National Security Council hold 'intensive' discussions on Afghanistan

    The Prime Minister has convened the government's National Security Council at Chequers for 'intensive' discussions about Afghanistan.

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

  • Foreign Secretary statement on Gaza Flotilla

    The Foreign Secretary William Hague has called on the Government of Israel to open all crossings for aid to enter Gaza and deplored the loss of life during the interception of the Gaza Flotilla.

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

  • Alistair Burt gives UK reaction to Gaza flotilla attack on the BBC

    Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt discussed the UK’s response to Israel’s attack on the Gaza flotilla on BBC Radio 5 Live

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

  • Alistair Burt speaks to Sky News about Gaza flotilla

    Foreign Office Minister speaks to Sky's Live at Five about the UK's response to the Israeli attack on the Gaza flotilla.

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

  • Foreign Secretary answers questions relating to Gaza flotilla

    Foreign Secretary William Hague answers questions on the BBC News Channel on the UK's response to the Israeli attack on the Gaza flotilla.

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

  • Steelbacks honoured for Afghan deployment

    Hundreds of people gathered on the streets of Bury St Edmunds last week to honour soldiers from 3rd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment on their return from a six-month tour of Afghanistan.

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

  • Visit highlights Afghanistan as 'most urgent overseas priority'

    The Foreign Secretary William Hague has visited Afghanistan with Secretary of State for Defence Dr Liam Fox and International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell.

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

  • UK condemns attacks in Pakistan

    Foreign Secretary William Hague condemned attacks which took place in Lahore on Friday 28 May 2010.

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

  • Corporal Stephen Paul Curley killed in Afghanistan

    It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Corporal Stephen Paul Curley from 40 Commando Royal Marines, serving as part of Combined Force Sangin, was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday 26 May 2010.

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

  • HMS Somerset deploys to the Gulf

    The Type 23 frigate was seen off by friends and family of the crew from her homeport of Devonport, Plymouth, on Wednesday 26 May 2010, as she…

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

  • Foreign Secretary sets out ‘distinctive' foreign policy in Queen’s Speech debate

    Foreign Secretary William Hague today set out his plans for a ‘distinctive British foreign policy’ in the Foreign Affairs and Defence debate on the Queen’s Speech.

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

  • Alistair Burt discusses the UK's nuclear stockpile on the BBC

    Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt discussed the Foreign Secretary's announcement on the total size of the UK's nuclear arsenal on the BBC News Channel.

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

  • Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg meets Qatari Deputy Prime Minister

    Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg met today with Qatari Deputy Prime Minister His Excellency Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah.

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

  • 70th anniversary of Dunkirk marked

    Prime Minister David Cameron has said the UK should "always be grateful to and remember" the people who evacuated thousands of troops from Dunkirk in 1940.

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

  • Security Council Briefing on Inter-Cultural dialogue for Peace and Security.

    Statement by Mr Alistair Burt MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

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

  • Tractors handed out to Afghan farmers in Nad 'Ali

    Soldiers from 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (1 LANCS) have handed out 20 new tractors to farming co-operatives in the Nad 'Ali region of Helmand province.

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