The Truth About the Vikings Conventional wisdom paints them as marauding brutes, but in fact the Norse founded the world's oldest parliament, traded from Iraq to northern Canada and beat Columbus to America by 500 years. And that's just for starters
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No. Ireland: Maybe This Time With an offer to put aside its weapons, the I.R.A. throws the ball back into the Ulster Unionists' court
E.U.: Euro Meltdown The weakness of Europe's single currency takes attention away from other, more fundamental, problems facing euro-zone governments
