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April 2007

'He turned to the helicopter and sank to his knees, then I hit him with my rockets' The Sunday Telegraph, 29 April 2007

 

US aircrews describe how, under new orders, they show no mercy to suspected Taliban fighters on the ground in Afghanistan

US halted Taliban by ending British ceasefires The Sunday Telegraph, 29 April 2007

American forces in Afghanistan claim they have blocked the Taliban's planned spring offensive by overriding British deals with the insurgents and launching an aggressive air and land campaign.

 

Bombing backfires by uniting Iraq's MPs The Sunday Telegraph, 15 April 2007

The bombing of Iraq's parliament by suspected al-Qaeda militants appears to have backfired by uniting Sunni and Shia politicians against a common enemy.

 

Teheran uses courts to keep reformers out of elections The Sunday Telegraph, 15 April 2007

The Iranian government has launched a crackdown on its critics in an apparent attempt to prevent them from standing in forthcoming parliamentary elections.

 

Who's been shooting my brother? Bavaria on alert as Bruno's siblings bear down on border The Sunday Telegraph, 8 April 2007

When Bruno the brown bear became the first wild member of his species to be seen in Germany in 170 years last spring, hunters wasted little time in dispatching him with a bullet. But if the authorities in Berlin thought that was the end of ...

 

Buoyant Teheran warns of further kidnappings The Sunday Telegraph, 8 April 2007

Hardliners in the Iranian regime have warned that the seizure of British naval personnel demonstrates that they can make trouble for the West whenever they want to.

 

Elephants culled to feed state's crocodiles The Sunday Telegraph, 1 April 2007

Dozens of Zimbabwe's elephants are facing slaughter to provide food for crocodiles which are being bred for their skin in government-run farms.

 

Faye Turney's words show her spirit but Iran's defiance makes Britain look a waning world power The Sunday Telegraph, 1 April 2007

Emblazoned on the side of the Cornwall, the Royal Naval frigate at the centre of the Iranian hostage crisis, is its call sign: F99, or Foxtrot Nine Nine in military radio parlance.

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