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Forming an "alliance" has historically meant anything from a joining a temporary coalition to being incorporated into the Roman Empire. How equal, in practice, was the Anglo-Portuguese alliance? Was Portugal an equal partner, a satellite state, or something in between?

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How accurate are Noam Chomsky's claims about the effects of the 1998 US bombing of the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Sudan? What to make of the criticisms of Chomsky's claims by the likes of Keith Windschuttle?

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