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The showdown between the ancient Greek city states and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia was one of the pivotal moments of ...

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The NASA satellite image shows rust-red rock formations in Wyoming—evidence of 220-million-year-old 'megamonsoons'.

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At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground ... just before the Wednesday before Nowruz, which is the Persian New Year. To celebrate, people light bonfires, set ...