Prince Harry has qualified as an Apache helicopter pilot after 18 months of rigorous training in the UK and the US, the Ministry of Defence says.
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Prince qualifies as Apache pilot
The Royal Navy has captured 13 Somali pirates after boarding a dhow in the Indian Ocean, the Ministry of Defence says, as part of a Nato-led operation.
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Royal Navy takes Somali pirates
A British soldier who died in hospital in Birmingham 18 months after being injured in Afghanistan is named by the Ministry of Defence.
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MoD names hospital death Gurkha
A member of the Royal Air Force injured in an explosion in Afghanistan has died in a UK hospital, the Ministry of Defence says.
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Afghanistan injury kills RAF man
Thousands of turkeys and tonnes of potatoes are due to arrive in Afghanistan for British troops to enjoy on Christmas Day, the Ministry of Defence says.
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UK Afghan bases sent festive fare
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond is expected to warn of more painful decisions ahead as the Ministry of Defence tries to balance its budget.
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‘No going back’ on defence cuts
More than 400 Ministry of Defence jobs will be cut when regional headquarters close to be replaced by a central HQ.
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MoD to cut 440 civilian army jobs
A soldier from Bury is killed while on training manoeuvres in Kenya, the Ministry of Defence confirms.
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UK soldier dies training in Kenya
The Ministry of Defence dismisses a leaked memo saying soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan could be made redundant, saying no more Army cuts are planned.
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MoD denies wounded job cut plan
The Ministry of Defence suspends flights in aircraft fitted with ejector seats similar to the one in which a Red Arrows pilot died in Lincolnshire.
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Flight ban after Red Arrows death
A multimillion-dollar ministry that includes everything from a 19,000-member congregation to offering paid parking for Washington Redskins games is legally controlled by a board of directors, not the son of the ministry’s co-founder, a Prince George’s County Circuit Court judge ruled Monday. Judge Dwight Jackson’s ruling was a blow to the Rev. Joel R. Peebles, pastor of Jericho City of Praise in Landover , who had argued that Betty Peebles, who died last fall, meant for him to control not only the spiritual direction of the ministry but its financial direction as well. In his ruling, Jackson said that Joel Peebles had no legal authority over the ministry because he was never elected to the governing board. Read full article > >
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Court rules against Jericho City of Praise pastor in fight for control of ministry
NEW YORK — In a cramped office on the 19th floor of Two United Nations, Danan Gu, a nerdy population analyst, found 7 million children in China who didn’t officially exist. They materialized in front of him, on a desktop computer. Gu pulled up a chart from China’s 2000 census, showing children age 1 and under. Then he clicked on a Ministry of Education report that recorded students in the same age group about 10 years later. Read full article > >
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U.N. analysts deploy many tools to project world’s population
An MSP demands answers from the Ministry of Defence on the risks posed by radioactive particles found in Dalgety Bay.
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Answers demanded on particle find
The “fuss and dramas” over Liam Fox have “distracted” the Ministry of Defence and are making it difficult for staff to get on with their jobs, a Tory MP says.
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Fox row ‘distracting MoD staff’
The Ministry of Defence launches a campaign to promote better awareness of the mental health injuries of war.
Court rules against Jericho City of Praise pastor in fight for control of ministry
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