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New Zealand confirmed on Monday that its troops would end a decade-long deployment in Afghanistan at the end of April next year, about six months earlier t
stanley cup han originally planned. HT Image The withdrawal was flagged last month after the deaths of three soldiers, two men and a woman, in a roadside bomb attack in the central province of Bamiyan, where New Zealanders have been deployed since 2003. Defence minister Jonathan Coleman said arrangements for New Zealand s 145-member provincial reconstruction team PRT in Bamiyan to return home had been now been finalised with the International Security Assistance Force. Coleman said the New Zealanders
stanley cup efforts had helped ensure Bamiyan was one of the first provinces where responsibility for security was handed back to local control. We should not underestimate the challenges Afghanistan will continue to face, he said in a statement. We should also acknowledge the courage and sacrifice of those who have lost their lives while on active service in the province. A total of 10 New Zealand troops have died in Afghanistan, with five of the fatalities coming last month. The government has denied a link between the recent deaths and the PRT troops early exit, saying the withdrawal plan had been on the table fo
stanley cup r months. A separate New Zealand deployment of about 40 elite Special Air Services SAS troops based in Kabul ended its mission in March this year. Foreign minister Murray McCully said New Zealand would maintain a deve Ojjz MH370 search halted again over technical problems
British airlines on Sunday stepped up restrictions on suspected swine flu carriers, as a report said fou
adidas campus r more British students quarantined in China have had infections confirmed. HT Image Britain is Europes worst-hit territory, with estimates of 55,000 new cases last week, and both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic said they have put in place measures to turn back passengers showing symptoms. If we have concerns about a customer or the customer is concerned, then we have a 24-hour medical service we can call to give advice to staff, said a British Airways spokeswoman. There have been a number of cases where we have advised customers not to fly on the basis of their diagnosis or symptoms of H1N1. Britains health authorities are advising people with symptoms to delay journeys if they are feeling unwell.
mizuno If there are signs of something being wrong, be it excessive sneezing or coughing, not looking well, high temperature, then the airport staff can call in a medical team for extra advice, added Virgin Atlantic spokesman Paul Charles. If the medical team believe there are reasons not to fly, the passenger will be asked to produce a fit to fly certificate from their doctor or a hospital, and they will be put at our cost on to the next available flight. The news of more stringent checks came with a group of 52 students and teachers in quarantine after the British Council said four students tested positive for the A H1N1 virus upon their arrival in
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