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The remarkable find was made by a pair of Magna Carta sleuth-scholars from Britain. The document, on sheepskin parchment, was purchased by Harvard in the aftermath of World War II from a London ...

Mari State University (MarSU) proudly hosted an enlightening lecture recently by its Rector, Prof. Mikhail Shvetsov N, ...

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This led to an alliance of US President Franklin Roosevelt, Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill during World War II. America is the latest ... Bush — as ...

Great British Energy comes from a simple idea - British people should own and benefit from our own natural resources', UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said. Image by eugenesergeev via iStock A ...

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