Foreign Office official’s evidence the day before attorney general Lord Goldsmith appears will increase pressure on Tony Blair ’s decision to take Britain to war in Iraq was illegal, the Foreign Office’s former chief legal adviser will tell the Chilcot inquiry this week. The Observer has been told that Sir Michael Wood, who was the [...]
December was the first month since the start of the war in Iraq in which there were no U.S. combat deaths, the U.S. military said. There were three noncombat fatalities.
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Ishara Kodikara I AFP VAVUNIYA: Sri Lanka said Saturday it would grant free movement to the remaining war-displaced civilians held in internment camps, meeting a key demand of the international community. The government also reiterated it would…
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Sri Lanka pledges to free all civilians displaced by war
Services of commemoration are being held around the world to mark the end of World War I in 1918. Angela Merkel will become the first German chancellor to mark Armistice Day by attending the main French commemorative event in Paris. In London, the Queen, politicians and armed forces chiefs will mark the passing of the [...]