Asia-pacific

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Troops brought back by navy ship

A Royal Navy ship will be used to ferry back service personnel who were due to fly to RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. Full story

Ash delays soldiers’ homecoming

A company of soldiers return from Afghanistan by air, land and sea after their journey home is held up by the flight ban. Full story

Greece is offered 30bn euros loan

Leaders of the 16 eurozone nations agree a package of 30bn euros in emergency loans for Greece. Full story

NHS fraud fugitive sent to jail

A diver who swindled thousands of pounds from the NHS in Devon is jailed after going on the run to Cyprus. Full story

Funeral for Afghan death soldier

The funeral takes place of a West Yorkshire soldier killed in an explosion in Afghanistan the day after his 27th birthday. Full story

What do servicemen learn from skiing?

A member of the RAF has been killed in an avalanche while skiing as part in "adventurous training" in Germany. But how does skiing teach people to win a war? Full story

Wales sings Cyprus in Eurovision

A 22-year-old singer-songwriter from Newport is to front Cyprus' entry in the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest. Full story

NI soldiers for Cyprus UN mission

More than 270 soldiers from Northern Ireland are to be deployed to Cyprus for six months, as part of the United Nation's peace-keeping effort. Full story

Webcam viewer spots rhino birth

Keepers at a Scottish safari park were alerted to rhino birth by a webcam viewer from Cyprus who called them to say the animal's waters had broken, it emerges. Full story

Britons warned over drugs abroad

British travellers are warned not to get involved with drugs, as more than 1,000 have fallen foul of strict foreign trafficking laws. Full story
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