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| More British troops off to Kosovo | More British troops off to Kosovo |
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| A battalion of 600 British troops will be sent to Kosovo, Defence Secretary Des Browne has announced. | |
| It follows a Nato request for extra soldiers to maintain public order in the newly independent country. | |
| Britain is responsible for providing Nato's standby reserve force for the first six months of this year. | Britain is responsible for providing Nato's standby reserve force for the first six months of this year. |
| The soldiers, from 2nd Battalion, The Rifles, will be deployed to Kosovo from the end of May for one month to help Nato with peacekeeping activities. |