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The Prison that is our Home

Thoreau left his urban home and went into woods, to live at Walden Pond, chopping his own wood and cooking his modest meals, so that a simple life could let him see clearly what he could not see in his daily city life, surrounded by the accustomed and convenient.

Tattered truce

The most intriguing feature this time is that the American blitz has happened hours after President Donald Trump spoke to the top Taliban commander, Mullah Baradar Akhund.

No progress made on Iran nuclear deal as parties meet

Iran argues that the sanctions that were reimposed by the US after it pulled out of the deal have cancelled out the economic benefits that were guaranteed under the deal, primarily its inability to export oil, one of the pillars of its economy.