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Trump praises CIA, bristles at media
Associated Press, Published on 23/01/2017
» LANGLEY, VIRGINIA - On his first full day in office, President Donald Trump on Saturday berated the media over its coverage of his inauguration, and turned a bridge-building first visit to CIA headquarters into an airing of grievances about "dishonest" journalists. But it was Trump who spread inaccuracies about the size of the crowds at his swearing in.
Trump sworn in as president, vowing to unseat establishment
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/01/2017
» Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, delivering a fiery inauguration speech that promised to unseat the Washington establishment and return power to the American public.
Sichuanese slurp on spicy marinated rabbit heads
AFP, Published on 28/12/2016
» CHENGDU, China - Diners greedily crack open delicate rabbit skulls and slurp down their contents, tucking into a delicacy so popular in one province that it has to import its supplies from France.
Hopeless Afghan struggle to save boy sex slaves
AFP, Published on 19/12/2016
» LASHKAR GAH (AFGHANISTAN) - Quivering with quiet rage, Shirin holds a photo of his teenage brother-in-law, who now lives as the plaything of policemen, just one victim of a hidden epidemic of kidnappings of young boys for institutionalised sexual slavery in Afghanistan.
Roots revival: India's classical dance is back en vogue
AFP, Published on 25/11/2016
» NEW DELHI - Students elegantly curve their hands before breaking into synchronised footwork at a class in New Delhi, where growing numbers are signing up for Indian traditional dance classes rooted in Hindu mythology.
Pope Francis gathers his flock in secular Sweden
AFP, Published on 01/11/2016
» MALMö (SWEDEN) - Pope Francis is to hold a mass on Tuesday for the Catholic minority in Sweden, a Lutheran but secular country where same-sex marriage is allowed even for priests.
Tradition, art blend in Morocco 'tbourida' cavalry charges
AFP, Published on 14/10/2016
» EL-JADIDA (MOROCCO) - The equestrian art of tbourida, inspired by the historical charges of the feared cavalrymen of Morocco, fascinated Romantic painter Eugene Delacroix two centuries ago and still draws enthusiastic crowds today.
Italian farmers cultivate Jewish tradition with fragrant citrons
AFP, Published on 04/10/2016
» SANTA MARIA DEL CEDRO (ITALY) - There's less than a month to go until the Jewish festival of Sukkot, and New Yorker Hershel Mann is feeling the heat under the broiling sun of southern Italy.
Thousands flock to Indian Himalayas for rare Buddhist festival
AFP, Published on 19/09/2016
» HEMIS (INDIA) - Hundreds of thousands of monks, devotees and tourists have flocked to India's remote Ladakh region for a rare Buddhist festival, dubbed the "Kumbh Mela of the Himalayas" by promoters.
Show face to cops, Muslims in Philippine city ordered
AFP, Published on 15/09/2016
» DAVAO (PHILIPPINES) - Women in burqas and those wearing surgical masks should refrain from concealing their faces in public, the Philippine president's mayor daughter said Thursday, describing the measure as aimed at preventing attacks.