Inside Kandahar

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Civilians in Afghanistan have paid the heavist price for the conflict in their country, caught up almost daily in both Taliban attacks and air raids by US force.

Bangladeshi Migrants in Singapore

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Migrant workers from Bangladesh are part of a growing number who are being ripped off in highly organised scams. Workers are leaving their homes for the promise of security in Singapore, only to discover they have been duped.

ID-card for you?

Identity cards might-become compulsory for all Britons, Gordon Brown has suggested.

Anyone getting a passport from 2010 will have to get a card, and ministers had said they would be compulsory for all if Labour won the next election.

The scheme will see anyone applying for a passport having to give their biometric details. Mr Brown said he believed the government would be able to persuade British citizens.

Via BBC

Information about ID cards:

For more detailed information on the plans to introduce identity cards, visit the Identity and Passport Service's website: www.ips.gov.uk

Soldier killed in Afghanistan

A UK soldier has been killed during an assault by international forces on a Taleban stronghold in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defence confirmed the death of the solider from the 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment.

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> British soldier killed in Afghanistan Reuters UK
> UK soldier killed in Afghanistan BBC News

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Hope for UK detainees in Guantánamo

Hopes were raised last night that four of the five British residents being held at the US base in Guantánamo Bay could soon be released following weeks of discreet negotiations.

According to the BBC, three of the men, Jamil el-Banna, Omar Deghayes and Abdenour Samuer are likely to return to the UK, while a fourth, Shaker Abdur-Raheem Aamer, will return to Saudi Arabia.


BBC News - Guantanamo Bay Britons:

> US concerns over UK men
> UK seeks release of five men
> UK man released from camp
> MP takes protest to US
> Residents' court bid fails
> UK accused over residents

Smith plans 42-day terror limit

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has announced plans to extend the period that terrorism suspects can be held without charge for up to 42 days. Ms Smith told the BBC there was "consistent threat from terrorism".

She added: "In order to ensure we prosecute people who want to cause murder and mayhem, we may well need to hold them longer."

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