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Premier League disqualifies Abramovich
AFP, Published on 12/03/2022
» LONDON: Roman Abramovich has been disqualified as a Chelsea director by the Premier League board after the British government sanctioned the Russian billionaire.
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.
Yezidi survivor demands genocide trial for jihadist leaders
News, AFP, Published on 29/06/2016
» Nadia Murad, a slight, soft spoken Yezidi woman from Iraq, endured a three-month nightmare as a sex slave of the Islamic State (IS) group.
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.
Ali seen as face of 'real Islam'
News, AFP, Published on 07/06/2016
» At a time when Muslims in the United States are facing scorn and bigotry, the late boxing legend Muhammad Ali should be remembered as the true, peaceful face of Islam, residents of his hometown say.
Senegal's street-begging children show limits of 'apptivism'
News, AFP, Published on 10/05/2016
» Mamadou is a child beggar wandering the streets of Dakar, perilously darting in and out of traffic as he tries to gather enough money for his Islamic teacher to feed him.
Troubled history at Khmer Rouge stronghold
News, AFP, Published on 04/05/2016
» Standing next to cages that once housed political prisoners, former Khmer Rouge foot soldier Tho Lon gets a surprisingly sympathetic hearing from a clutch of students, despite his work for a regime that wiped out a quarter of Cambodia's population.
Painful letters from the past for 'White Terror' oppression families
News, AFP, Published on 03/05/2016
» Growing up in Taiwan under martial law, Hsu Hsu-mei knew almost nothing about her father, only that he was executed for being a "thought criminal".
Refugee fights his way into Olympics and new life in Brazil
News, AFP, Published on 27/04/2016
» Ferocity may sound like a good thing in martial arts, but when Popole Misenga started training for his Olympic judo team he was, well, too ferocious -- "brutal," one coach says.
Post-election changes and what we can expect next
News, AFP, Published on 02/03/2016
» Elections in Iran have led to a reshaping of political forces in the Islamic republic and benefited President Hassan Rouhani following a nuclear deal with world powers last summer.