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Archaeologists have discovered evidence of Roman and Anglo-Saxon fortifications in the town of Chepstow in the United Kingdom. Surprisingly, however, the town was also home to an ancient bridge that connected England and Wales before the formation of the two countries.Archaeologists discovered the wooden structure while looking for evidence in the shadow of a 950-year-old Norman castle on a muddy bank on the Wye riverbank. Known as the gateway to Wales, Chepstow is a border town steeped in history.This wooden structure – believed to have been built by the Romans 2,000 years ago – was found preserved in mud following...

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The United States, bitterly disenchanted with Yasser Arafat, is withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to the Palestinian Authority. After the Wye agreement in October 1998, the Clinton Administration earmarked about $1.2 billion for Israel and $500 million for the PA. Most of the money for the Palestinians has never been delivered; neither has $30 million designated for Palestinian NGOs. Indeed, the Bush Administration is now understood to be reassessing its overall policy on Arafat. While still pressing the PA chairman in late January to block intifada violence, it has effectively suspended the mediation efforts of former general ...