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Four soldiers die in Afghanistan
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Retired couple on bench Pension age could rise from 2016
The government announces plans to raise the state pension age for men to 66, possibly as early as 2016.

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British Airways compensates a passenger "humiliated" over its policy of not allowing men to sit next to solo child travellers.


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