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Wed, 28 May 2008, Soldier in Afghanistan dies in accident…

May 28th, 2008
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Brok will be award the Gold Cross with Swords, a decoration from the Military Order of the Cross of the Eagle.
Whereas the Lithuanian soldier was killed in action, Broks death was accidental.

Brok, who was serving in a support unit in Afghanistan, was loading equipment from the infantry platoon ESTCOY-6 onto a truck when a wheel of a Pasi armored personnel carrier slipped away and rolled on him.
The wheel weighed several hundred kilograms. …

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ESTONIA is a state in Northern Europe which has borders with Latvia and Russia. Across the Baltic Sea lies Finland in the north and Sweden in the west. Estonia covers around 45 thousands square kilometers. The Estonians are part of Finnic people. The only official language in Estonia is Estonian, which has too much in common with Finnish language. Estonia as a state is a parliamentary republic with internal division of 15 regions. The largest city and the capital as well is Tallinn. Estonia is one of the least-populous countries of the European Union - its population is less than 1.5 million. Various international ogranizations highly ranked Estonia regarding press, democracy and political freedom.