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British army training team arrives

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    The bulk of a British army training team of some 180 persons arrived in Sierra Leone at the weekend, presidential spokesman Septimus Kaikai told IRIN on Monday. The team will participate in the ongoing screening and training of some 1,000 new recruits to the new Sierra Leone Army. Meanwhile, British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is due in Sierra Leone in mid-week to meet President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah and attend the formal opening of parliament on Friday, Kaikai said. News organisations reported Prescott as saying before leaving Britain on Sunday for Nigeria: "We are tremendously proud of the key role British troops have played in restoring stability to Sierra Leone." His visit comes just a few days after British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook was in the capital Freetown restating British commitment to repelling the rebels and restoring peace and stability to Sierra Leone.

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