Xenophon and the Ten Thousand
Overview
In 401 B.C. Cyrus the Younger (424?-401 B.C.) marched into the heart of the Persian Empire to take the throne from his brother Artaxerxes II (reigned 404-359/58 ...
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Congress is currently considering the president's proposed $2.9 trillion federal budget. While federal spending consumes an awesome 20% of nation's GDP, the budget process at least allows taxpayers...
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Barack Obama, caught up in the fervor of a campaign speech Tuesday, drastically overstated the Kansas tornadoes death toll, saying 10,000 had died. The death toll was 12."In case you missed it, thi...
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Islamabad (dpa) - Around ten thousand tribesmen on Wednesday
attended the burial ceremony of the top Pakistani militant commander
who killed himself during a police raid the...
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(Adds residents flee, food shortages, quotes) By Luis Manuel Lopez VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico(Reuters) - Thousands of people
fled a Mexican city devastated by floods after rising waters
burst through sa...
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The Everglades are among America's most famous swamps, with a reputation for mosquitos to match.So we bought repellant for a quick trip to view the swamp and its wildlife there last winter. But on ...
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Scores of actors, writers, producers and others from the entertainment industry have contributed to Al Franken's Senate campaign, helping the Minnesota Democrat get off to a strong fundraising star...
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Scores of actors, writers, producers and others from the entertainment industry have contributed to Al Franken's Senate campaign, helping the Minnesota Democrat get off to a strong fundraising star...
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Kiev (dpa) - Ukraine's parliament on Thursday flatly rejected a
compromise offered by President Viktor Yushchenko, allowing the
country's constitutional crisis to drag on an...
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Sierra Leone held runoff elections for a new president Saturday, a tense race that will test the diamond-rich, war-battered West African nation's ability to stand on its own after U.N. peacekeepers...
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