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British troops to pull out of Iraq next year

Gordon Brown has indicated that there will be a 'fundamental change of mission' in Iraq in the first months of 2009

Brown: major Iraq troop withdrawal by 2009

Prime Minister prepares ground for significant reduction of troops predicting a "fundamental change" in the UK mission

Obama commits to withdrawing Iraq troops

Democratic presidential candidate backs Iraqi PM who hopes to avoid open-ended US troop presence in Iraq

British troops in Iraq set for withdrawal

Senior commanders warn that Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns running simultaneously create problems for the Armed Forces

Iraq: we want US troops out in two years

Iraq's vision of all US troops being out by 2010 gives boost to Democrat Barack Obama and angers Republican John McCain

Iraqis underwhelmed by arrival of media circus

Barack Obama's visit to the green zone eclipsed a similar trip by Gordon Brown but locals failed to notice his presence

Obama comes a long way

Times Baghdad correspondent Deborah Haynes reports on Barack Obama's low key reception last time he visited Iraq

Obama arrives in Iraq amid troop pullout row

Presidential hopeful will meet British, American and Iraqi officials amid backdrop of debate over when US troops will withdraw

Iraq kidnappers claim UK hostage suicide

The captors of five Britons seized in Baghdad last year claim in a statement that one of the men committed suicide

British troops may be home from Iraq in a year

Gordon Brown gave the clearest hint yet as he visited the country that most British forces will be withdrawn from Iraq next year

British hostage: why have you abandoned us?

Video from a hostage known only as Alan helps kidnappers increase the pressure on Britain to negotiate Britons' release

Sunnis end boycott on Shia government

The agreement is a key step towards resolving the sectarian differences that once pushed the country to the brink of civil war

Brown agrees to cut British troops in Iraq

The decision was made during a surprise visit to the country today, however the Prime Minister declined to set a timeframe for their departure

Kuwait names first Iraq ambassador since 1990

Move is key step in mending ties between the two states and evidence of desire among Sunni countries to get closer to Baghdad

Army chief - we need new class of soldier

Military must be trained in governance, law and development to stop reconstruction problems like those seen in Iraq