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Crystal Palace agree 10.5m fee for Naouirou Ahamada with a medical set to take place on Monday

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Crystal Palace have agreed a £10.5million deal to sign Stuttgart midfielder Naouirou Ahamada. Sportsmail understands the central midfielder will join on a three-and-a-half-year deal, with the option of a further two years. Palace have paid €12m for the 20-year-old Frenchman, who is believed to be having a medical on Monday. Naouirou Ahamada is set to undergo a medical at Crystal Palace on Monday ahead of a switch As reported by Sportsmail, the position has been identified as a key area to bolster by manager Patrick Vieira Read More...

How Britain's opium trade impoverished Indians

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By Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent Hulton ArchiveTwo factories located on the Ganges manufactured opiumIn Amitav Ghosh's acclaimed novel, Sea of Poppies, a village woman from an opium-producing region in India has a vivid encounter with a poppy seed. "She looked at the seed as if she has never seen one before, and suddenly she knew that it was not the planet above that governed her life; it was this miniscule orb - at once beautiful and all - devouring, merciful and destructive, sustaining and vengeful. Read More...

How to build a strong, long-lasting retaining wall

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Q: I want to build a retaining wall that’s going to look great for years. At my last house, a short retaining wall I had around a patio started to lean out toward the lawn. The wall was but 10 inches tall, for goodness sake, with no soil pressure against it. Why do you think that wall failed, and what can I do to build retaining walls even three feet tall that will not tip over? Read More...