Nov 5th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
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The soldiers had been living in a compound at a police checkpoint
The killing of five British soldiers by an Afghan policeman "probably won't be the last" atrocity of this kind, the top UK general in Afghanistan has said.
But General Jim Dutton told the BBC it had been a "very rare event" and it was important to "see it in perspective".
Tuesday's killings in Helmand would be investigated "extremely rigorously" by the Army and Afghan police, he added.
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Nov 6th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
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LONDON (AP) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Afghanistan's government on Friday to take action against corruption, saying he would not risk more British lives there unless it reforms.
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Nov 6th, 2009 - Washington Post
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