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Former British Paratrooper Acquitted Over 1972 Bloody Sunday Killings
A former British paratrooper who was the only soldier ever charged in the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland was acquitted Thursday of murder charges.
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Russia Sentences Ex-US Paratrooper To 13 Years In Jail On Drug Charges
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced U.S. citizen Michael Travis Leake to 13 years in prison on drug smuggling charges, Moscow's court service said in a statement.
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Watch: President's Bodyguards Skydive As Regiment Completes 250 Years
The President's Bodyguards regiment has completed 250 years. On this big milestone, paratroopers of the regiment skydived from an aircraft over the Malpura drop zone in Agra.
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Watch: Army Paratroopers Jump Off Plane In Hair-Raising Airborne Exercise
The Indian Army has carried out a large-scale airborne exercise involving 600 paratroopers near the strategic Siliguri Corridor, a narrow stretch close to the China border.The exercise tested the readiness of rapid response teams.
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South Korean Defence Minister Witnesses Exercise By Indian Army Paratroopers
South Korean Defence Minister Suh Wook witnessed a defence exercise by the Indian Army's paratroopers in Agra this morning. Mr Wook began his three-day visit to India on Thursday with a focus on boosting bilateral defence and military cooperation.
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Watch: Indian Paratroopers Jump Out Of Super Hercules Plane Over Ladakh
The ramp of the American-made C-130J Super Hercules opens slowly as the four-engine transport aircraft comes to a steady airspeed high above the icy mountains of Ladakh. The dark cargo hold then brightens up with ambient light. Within seconds, a paratrooper wearing a oxygen mask runs towards the edge of the ramp, gives a brief thumbs-up, and then j...
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Meet Captain Ruchi Sharma, The First Operational Paratrooper Of Indian Army
Many responded to PM Modi's appeal with tales of extraordinary women doing extraordinary work and one such story to emerge from these tweets is that of Indian Army's first operational paratrooper, Captain Ruchi Sharma.
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US Paratroopers Hurt In Botched Night Jump, Some Stuck In Trees: Report
Several US paratroopers were injured in a botched night parachute exercise in Mississippi Wednesday, local media reported.
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US Troops on Ukrainian Soil Could Reignite Fighting: Moscow
Russia on Friday warned that the arrival of US paratroopers in Ukraine to train its forces fighting pro-Russian rebels could reignite the conflict, leading to mass bloodshed.
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290 US Paratroopers to Train Ukraine Forces
Hundreds of US paratroopers will train Ukrainian soldiers from April 20 as Kiev battles to contain pro-Russian separatists in the country's east, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said today.
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Russian Paratroopers in Drills on Border With Estonia, Latvia
Up to 2,000 Russian soldiers took part in drills in the country's west on Wednesday as Moscow conducted an inspection of its paratrooper units in the latest show of strength likely to alarm its
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Captured Russian Paratroopers Return Home in Swap With Ukraine
Ten Russian paratroopers captured inside Ukraine nearly one week ago have returned home following a troop exchange, Russian media reported on Sunday.
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Girlfriend to marry murdered French soldier posthumously
The pregnant girlfriend of one of the French paratroopers murdered by Mohamed Merah is to be allowed to marry him posthumously, the family's lawyer Gilbert Gollard said on Friday.
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Former British Paratrooper Acquitted Over 1972 Bloody Sunday Killings
A former British paratrooper who was the only soldier ever charged in the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland was acquitted Thursday of murder charges.
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Russia Sentences Ex-US Paratrooper To 13 Years In Jail On Drug Charges
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced U.S. citizen Michael Travis Leake to 13 years in prison on drug smuggling charges, Moscow's court service said in a statement.
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Watch: President's Bodyguards Skydive As Regiment Completes 250 Years
The President's Bodyguards regiment has completed 250 years. On this big milestone, paratroopers of the regiment skydived from an aircraft over the Malpura drop zone in Agra.
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Watch: Army Paratroopers Jump Off Plane In Hair-Raising Airborne Exercise
The Indian Army has carried out a large-scale airborne exercise involving 600 paratroopers near the strategic Siliguri Corridor, a narrow stretch close to the China border.The exercise tested the readiness of rapid response teams.
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South Korean Defence Minister Witnesses Exercise By Indian Army Paratroopers
South Korean Defence Minister Suh Wook witnessed a defence exercise by the Indian Army's paratroopers in Agra this morning. Mr Wook began his three-day visit to India on Thursday with a focus on boosting bilateral defence and military cooperation.
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Watch: Indian Paratroopers Jump Out Of Super Hercules Plane Over Ladakh
The ramp of the American-made C-130J Super Hercules opens slowly as the four-engine transport aircraft comes to a steady airspeed high above the icy mountains of Ladakh. The dark cargo hold then brightens up with ambient light. Within seconds, a paratrooper wearing a oxygen mask runs towards the edge of the ramp, gives a brief thumbs-up, and then j...
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Meet Captain Ruchi Sharma, The First Operational Paratrooper Of Indian Army
Many responded to PM Modi's appeal with tales of extraordinary women doing extraordinary work and one such story to emerge from these tweets is that of Indian Army's first operational paratrooper, Captain Ruchi Sharma.
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US Paratroopers Hurt In Botched Night Jump, Some Stuck In Trees: Report
Several US paratroopers were injured in a botched night parachute exercise in Mississippi Wednesday, local media reported.
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US Troops on Ukrainian Soil Could Reignite Fighting: Moscow
Russia on Friday warned that the arrival of US paratroopers in Ukraine to train its forces fighting pro-Russian rebels could reignite the conflict, leading to mass bloodshed.
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290 US Paratroopers to Train Ukraine Forces
Hundreds of US paratroopers will train Ukrainian soldiers from April 20 as Kiev battles to contain pro-Russian separatists in the country's east, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said today.
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Russian Paratroopers in Drills on Border With Estonia, Latvia
Up to 2,000 Russian soldiers took part in drills in the country's west on Wednesday as Moscow conducted an inspection of its paratrooper units in the latest show of strength likely to alarm its
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Captured Russian Paratroopers Return Home in Swap With Ukraine
Ten Russian paratroopers captured inside Ukraine nearly one week ago have returned home following a troop exchange, Russian media reported on Sunday.
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Girlfriend to marry murdered French soldier posthumously
The pregnant girlfriend of one of the French paratroopers murdered by Mohamed Merah is to be allowed to marry him posthumously, the family's lawyer Gilbert Gollard said on Friday.
