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Taliban shot UK soldiers - Brown

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Page last updated at 12:42 GMT, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 The Taliban have said they carried out the fatal shooting of five British soldiers in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has told the Commons. Full Article at BBC News

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