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Malala Yousafzai now ‘standing with help’ doctors reveal
The Pakistani girl brought to the UK for treatment after being shot by the Taliban can now stand with help but still shows signs of infection, doctors have confirmed.
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Malala shooting ‘a crime against women’
Former Afghan MP Malalai Joya – who has survived several assassination attempts – describes the shooting of Malala Yousafzai as “a crime against women by dark-minded fundamentalists”.
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McKinnon and Ahsan: a tale of two extraditions
As the home secretary is praised for blocking the extradition to the US of a man with Asperger’s syndrome, the government is accused of “old-fashioned racism” over a similar case.
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Malala Yousafzai to get treatment in Britain
The 14-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl campaigner shot in the head by the Taliban for demanding education for girls, arrives in the UK for medical treatment.
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Pakistanis rally in support of Malala Yousafzai
Tens of thousands of people take to the streets of Karachi in Pakistan in support of 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai who was shot and critically injured by the Taliban.
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Five Royal Marines charged with murder
Five Royal Marines are charged with murder in relation to an incident in Afghanistan in 2011, the Ministry of Defence said.
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Imran Khan’s drone convoy blocked by Pakistan
Pakistani security forces have turned back protesters led by cricket star turned politician Imran Khan at the border of a volatile tribal region.
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Abu Hamza fails in final bid to halt US extradition
Radical Islamist cleric Abu Hamza and four other terror suspects fail in their bid to halt their extradition from the UK to the US to stand trial on terrorism charges.
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Afghanistan bomb kills 14 including three foreign troops
A suicide bomber kills 14, including three Nato soldiers, in a motorcycle attack in eastern Khost province. The blast comes a day after the 2,000th US soldier is killed in Afghanistan.
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Nip, tuck Kabul
Afghanistan is not usually associated with cosmetic surgery and freedom of choice, but that is exactly what filmmakers found in a small Kabul clinic. Leslie Knott and Clementine Malpas report.
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Soldier shot in the head by a sniper wins military cross
A soldier, who survived being shot in the head as he ran to protect a colleague, is awarded the military cross for bravery.
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‘Drones will push people towards terrorism’ – Imran Khan
Imran Khan tells Channel 4 News drone attacks in Pakistan are “fomenting radicalisation” and calls on the US to name victims to prove they are killing terrorists, not civilians.
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F&C soldier could face prison if deported
Exclusive: a serving soldier with British armed forces, who is under threat of deportation, tells Channel 4 News that if he is sent back to his homeland he could be imprisoned for being a mercenary.
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Filmmaker’s $100,000 bounty call ’emotional outburst’
A $100,000 reward offer for the murder of the maker of a film insulting the Prophet Mohammed was ‘an emotional outburst’, according to the Pakistan High Commissioner to the UK.
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British soldier gives birth in Afghanistan
A British servicewoman has given birth whilst serving in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said today.