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The hidden cost of Britain's Afghan war?

British soldier with leg injuries from Afghanistan. Reuters

More than 50 British soldiers have lost limbs in conflict in Afghanistan, latest figures show. As two more British soldiers have died in southern Afghanistan, taking the recent death toll to nine in nine days.

Protesters head back onto the streets of Iran

A supporter of Iranian Presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, June 28 2009

Iranian riot police clash with demonstrators as hundreds defy a protest ban to commemorate the 10th anniversary of student unrest in the capital, Tehran. Lindsey Hilsum reports.

UK-Iran relations on the brink

Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati (Credit: Reuters)

Relations between the United Kingdom and Iran are close to breaking point as Tehran announces its plans to prosecute British embassy employees. Jonathan Rugman reports.

Yemen air crash survivor flown to Paris

Entrance of Yemenia Airways company in Paris (credit: Reuters)

The only known survivor of a Yemeni plane which crashed into the Indian Ocean has arrived back in France.

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