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Linda Norgrove parents do not blame US forces
The parents of aid worker Linda Norgrove, killed in Afghanistan in a failed rescue attempt after she had been kidnapped, tell Channel 4 News they do not blame the US Special Forces for her death.
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Afghanistan: Russia heads back to help Nato
The Russian military may return to Afghanistan to aid Nato forces in the fight against the Taliban, 21 years after it was forced to retreat from a bloody conflict with the US-backed mujahedin.
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Spending review: the "life and death consequences"
There will be pain. There will be anger. There will be despair. But there will not, at least initially, be a real life and death consequence as a result of most of the CSR. Most of it. But not all of it.
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Defence review: Kemp calls for merger of three services
A former commander of British troops in Afghanistan, Colonel Richard Kemp, tells Channel 4 News the Strategic Defence and Security Review should have considered combining the Army, Royal Navy and RAF.
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Hillary Clinton warns UK on defence cuts
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has raised concerns over the potential international impact of deep defence spending cuts in the UK, including to the Nato alliance.
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US General consoles Norgrove aid worker family
The head of NATO forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, conveys his regrets over the death of aid worker Linda Norgrove to her family.
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Paralympics: war veterans aim for sporting glory
Two men who fought for their country in Iraq and Afghanistan are now aiming to be on the British team for the London 2012 Paralympics. Katie Razzall writes about their impressive journey.
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Kidnapped aid worker: SAS briefed Hague
A senior British SAS officer briefed the Foreign Secretary on the American military operation to release aid worker Linda Norgrove, Channel 4 News understands.
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Hague defends attempt to rescue Linda Norgrove
In a statement to the Commons, Foreign Secretary William Hague has told MPs he authorised the operation to rescue Linda Norgrove “from the very beginning”.
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Cameron: aid worker may have been killed by US grenade
David Cameron tells a news conference at Downing Street that aid worker Linda Norgrove “may not have died at the hands of her captors” but by a grenade detonated by her would-be rescuers.
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Kidnapped UK aid worker killed in Afghanistan
David Cameron says it was “right to try” to rescue a UK aid worker killed in Afghanistan but one of the men kidnapped with her has told Channel 4 News the mission was “unnecessary” and “dangerous”.
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Combat stress: why Liam Fox’s changes matter
After the Defence Secretary Liam Fox outlined measures to support veterans and improve mental health care in the armed forces, read one veteran’s story to see why the changes are important.
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Lt Mark Evison death, a grieving mother’s story
Lt Mark Evison’s mother Margaret Evison explains to Channel 4 News that she wants Mark’s story to help British soldiers receive the vital equipment they need to fight in the Afghanistan war.
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Afghanistan war video: see how my son died
Exclusive: the mother of British officer Mark Evison killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan tells Channel 4 News she wants the world to see the video showing the moments leading up to her son’s death.
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Afghanistan war: Evison and medics linked by blood
Exclusive: Lt Mark Evison underwent hours of emergency surgery at Camp Bastion on 9 May 2009, receiving 42 pints of blood. Written by his nurses, Channel 4 News publishes the Bastion hospital diaries.
