Pausanias (who should not be confused with the traveler and geographer of the same name) had to face difficult times from the start. Although the Persians had been defeated at Salamis and Xerxes had ...

Meanwhile, deputy director of the Prison Reform Trust charity, Mark Day, described the calls as a “storm in a teacup”. “A pre-sentence report (PSR) is simply a way of getting detailed ...

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The Agriculture Minister has said the reaction to a decision to postpone the agreement of a long-delayed programme for government is "a storm in a teacup". Andrew Muir said the meeting was pushed ...

To help address its conventional military industrial disadvantages, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been converting commercial vessels into drone carriers and naval missile launch platforms. Tehran ...

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Then Amine is kidnapped by a functionary of a Persian sultan—shades of Mozart’s “Abduction from the Seraglio.” Ali, Morgiane, and Hassan disguise themselves as entertainers and infiltrate ...

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