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African Melodramas

Richard West Johannesburg Early in John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps, its hero and narrator Richard Hannay IS questioned about his career before coming back to the Mother......

Russian Threat To Yemen

Neil McLean On the Arab side of the Red Sea, two weeks ago, the Russians made a further move to strengthen their grip on the Bab al Mandab — the entrance to the Red Sea —......