Conscious that a faraway and costly war doesn't play well with voters, incumbent Gordon Brown insists the troops are fighting to keep Britain safe "We have got to be clear that we cannot allow terrorists to have territory in the world that then they use as a base to attack the United Kingdom."

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That's why I think it is important that there's a clear legal base, it is important that there is support within the region, but critically that politicians continue to answer and ask the difficult questions.

BBC: Transcript of Douglas Alexander interview

Mr Hague emphasised that any military intervention in the country would need a "clear, legal base and widespread international support".

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The potentially iconic clear plastic at the base of the unit, the convex back, and the packed feeling of that handset has been lost to a more masculine beast of a phone.

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