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Armenian schools teach pace, prepare for war
AFP, Published on 10/10/2023
» PARAKAR, Armenia - Each day at her school, head teacher Anush Hakobyan passes by the photo of her son killed three years ago in a war with Azerbaijan for control of the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Myanmar rebels teach coup protesters how to make war
AFP, Published on 04/06/2021
» KAREN STATE, Myanmar: Nervous laughter breaks out in Myanmar's eastern jungle as a young man training to overthrow the junta is knocked backwards by the kick of a rifle he has just fired at a target painted on a tree.
Army-linked big business hammers Myanmar's marble sculptors
AFP, Published on 19/08/2020
» MADAYA, Myanmar: Faces covered in white dust and chisels in hand, marble sculptors in Myanmar say the hills that have given them a livelihood for generations are disappearing, as large companies reap the rewards of the prized white rock.
In pandemic times, all the gaming world's a (concert) stage
AFP, Published on 14/05/2020
» NEW YORK - With concerts on hold to halt coronavirus spread, the gaming world is increasingly catering to music lovers, with artists becoming animated performers in virtual realms to the trippy delight of millions.
'Lost Caravaggio' set for big London unveiling
AFP, Published on 28/02/2019
» LONDON - The naked warrior looks plaintively up into the averted eyes of a graceful woman methodically slicing off his head with a sword.
In war-torn Syria, 'cat man' starts rare animal clinic
AFP, Published on 04/06/2018
» KAFR NAHA (SYRIA) - At an unlikely cat shelter in rebel-held northern Syria, Mohammed Alaa al-Jaleel gently holds a feline patient on her back as an ultrasound probe is rolled across her pregnant belly.
Film stokes new row over Venezuelan boxing legend 'El Inca'
AFP, Published on 30/12/2016
» CARACAS - On an April morning in 2010, Venezuelan boxing legend Edwin "El Inca" Valero, an undefeated two-time world champion, murdered his wife.
Where have all the donkeys gone? Burkina Faso's export dilemma
AFP, Published on 31/07/2016
» OUAGADOUGOU - In the small Burkina Faso village of Balole, where farmers struggle to grow tomatoes, cabbages and aubergines, angry youngsters armed with batons and machetes are barring entry to the slaughterhouse.
Myanmar president warns of Arab Spring-style violence
AFP, Published on 03/11/2015
» YANGON - A video posted on the Facebook page of Myanmar's president, raising the spectre of bloodshed and chaos akin to the Arab Spring aftermath if it loses power in Sunday's polls, has drawn an angry response on social media.
IS executes 200 Iraq tribesmen
AFP, Published on 02/11/2014
» BAGHDAD - The Islamic State jihadist group has in recent days executed more than 200 members of an Iraqi tribe that fought against it, officials and a tribal leader said on Sunday.