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LONDON, July 22 (UPI) -- Retiring Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister Mark Malloch-Brown agrees that British troops in Afghanistan don't have enough helicopters.
WASHINGTON, July 20 (UPI) -- The United States and the European Union said Monday they are applying diplomatic and economic pressure on Honduras to resolve its leadership crisis.
TURIN, Italy, July 20 (UPI) -- Police in Turin, Italy, say three nuns were caught driving 120 mph on their way to visit Pope Benedict XVI, who had been hurt in a fall.
KABUL, Afghanistan, July 20 (UPI) -- A military jet crashed in southern Afghanistan Monday, the latest such crash involving coalition aircraft in three days, authorities said.
SYDNEY, July 19 (UPI) -- The bodies of an Australian couple, their two sons and a relative were found Saturday in their home in Sydney, police said.
LONDON, July 17 (UPI) -- The head of the British Army warned of strategic failure in Afghanistan Friday as he demanded more permanent troops for that country.
VATICAN CITY, July 17 (UPI) -- The doctor for Pope Benedict XVI says the religious leader is doing "good" after undergoing a 20-minute surgery Friday to repair a wrist fractured in a fall.
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LONDON, July 16 (UPI) -- Pagan police officers in England and Wales can take time off on religious holidays like Halloween and the Summer Solstice, the Home Office said Thursday.
LONDON, July 13 (UPI) -- Actress Denise Van Outen and comedian Johnny Vegas were among the nearly 1,000 dancers who recreated the street dance scene from "Fame" on a London street.