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The British government has defended its strategy in Afghanistan, a day after eight British soldiers were killed there.
A total of 184 British troops have now been killed in Afghanistan since the start of the war in 2002.
British foreign secretary David Miliband has rejected claims that British forces do not have the right equipment and says [...]

The Australian Crime Commission has won access to the medical records of eight Indigenous female patients under the age of 16 despite concerns by a health service that it breaches confidentiality.
As part of the federal intervention in the Northern Territory, the Crime Commission was seeking access to the detailed health records of eight underage girls, [...]