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Page last updated at 10:34 GMT, Friday, 10 July 2009 11:34 UK

Bodies of soldiers returned to UK

The bodies of five British soldiers killed in Afghanistan have been flown into RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire.

Four of the men were taking part in Operation Panchai Palang, or Panther's Claw, a major assault against the Taliban in Helmand Province. Robert Hall reports.

READ MORE: Two more UK deaths in Afghanistan

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