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In a remote Egyptian port, Roman officers may have proven their status by owning exotic monkeys from India

At the edge of the Red Sea, nearly 2,000 years ago, Roman military officers stationed at an Egyptian port were showing off their rank in a way that feels strangely modern. They kept exotic pets — ...
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With Roman law doctrine, India moves to stub out tobacco industry rights

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian government is pushing the Supreme Court to apply a rarely used doctrine that would strip the $11 billion tobacco industry's legal right to trade, an effort aimed at ...