One of those Iraq veterans struggling with the mental wounds of the Iraq war is Adam.

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The war of words flared as Royal Mail boss Adam Crozier rubbished the main postal workers' union's suggestion that the firm treats its staff as "slaves".

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Poland's two great poets studied there: Adam Mickiewicz nearly two centuries ago, and in the pre-war years Czeslaw Milosz, a Nobel prizewinner.

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Any sort of war or military skirmish with Iran could affect its oil production, said Adam Patti, chief executive officer with IndexIQ.

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