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On a warm July evening in 1985 a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in Moscow ho..

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The Tudor era encompasses some of the greatest changes in our history. But while we know about the h..

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In April 2006 the elite 3 Para Battle Group was despatched to Helmand Province on a tour that has be..