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Stories for December 26th 2009

• Saturday, December 26th 2009 - 13:13 UTC

  Royal Christmas speech dedicated to troops serving in Afghanistan

  

  Queen Elizabeth II used her Christmas speech to express sadness at the death toll among British troops in Afghanistan. The monarch offered her sympathy to the families of the 106 service personnel who have died this year.

• Saturday, December 26th 2009 - 13:05 UTC

  Major UK warfare exercise in the Falklands to repel “enemy invasion”

  

  British forces have been taking part in a major warfare exercise in the Falkland Islands, where hundreds of servicemen died during the 1982 conflict. The Highlanders (4 Scots) joined the Royal Navy and RAF in a two-day operation after an “enemy invasion” on the islands, 8,000 miles from the UK, in the South Atlantic.

• Saturday, December 26th 2009 - 12:44 UTC

  Hectic Chile: newborns given single names, forget the saint’s day

  

  Breaking from Chile’s tradition of giving babies a compound name - i.e. Juan Pablo, Maria Isabel - more and more parents are opting for single names.