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Volunteers give kiss of life
News, AFP, Published on 29/08/2016
» "Look at me, stay with us," the paramedics shout as a barely conscious motorcyclist is bundled into a volunteer ambulance in the Laotian capital Vientiane, where rampant drink driving brings nightly carnage to the roads.
Facebook love revives Hun Sen's 'click farm' row
News, AFP, Published on 10/08/2016
» With its regular live broadcasts, routine tirades and daily -- often curiously intimate -- photo posts, the Facebook page of Cambodian strongman Hun Sen has won a remarkable five million fans.
Wild West-style gun bazaar feels pinch as law 'n' order moves in
News, AFP, Published on 29/07/2016
» Gunfire echoes through a dusty northwest tribal town, the soundtrack to Pakistan's biggest arms black market, where Kalashnikovs welded from scrap metal are cheaper than smartphones and sold on an industrial scale.
Legacy of drug lord Escobar's pet hippos
News, AFP, Published on 06/07/2016
» More than 20 years after Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar died in a gunfight with police, a strange legacy survives him: his pet hippos.
Food handouts prompt political row
News, AFP, Published on 08/06/2016
» Venezuelans facing severe food shortages might have been expected to welcome heavily subsidised bags of rice, milk and other staples -- but the controversy didn't take long to set in.
Female Sherpas blazing trail for gender
News, AFP, Published on 19/04/2016
» When a deadly avalanche hit Mount Everest a year ago, Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita, one of the few Nepali women with expertise in climbing the world's highest peaks, headed straight there to help.
Sea turtles riddled with deadly tumours
News, AFP, Published on 08/02/2016
» The young patient writhes on the operating table, kicking its flippers. A team of medical attendants turns it over, revealing an underbelly cluttered with tumours, some as big as golf balls.