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Controversial or safe pick for Nobel literature prize?
AFP, Published on 05/10/2023
» STOCKHOLM - The Nobel Prize in Literature to be announced on Thursday could go to an overtly political author like a Kremlin critic, or crown a safer or lesser-known writer, experts say.
Cambodian farmers deploy scarecrows to ward off virus
AFP, Published on 11/10/2020
» Armed with a stick, a floral-shirted scarecrow with a plastic pot for a head stands guard in front of a rural Cambodian home -- a sentry erected by superstitious farmers to ward off the coronavirus.
Cambodia PM's party to win 'all seats' in flawed election
AFP, Published on 30/07/2018
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's flawed elections are set to hand the ruling party led by strongman Hun Sen all 125 parliamentary seats, a spokesman told AFP Monday, an outcome that would turn the country into a one-party state after a vote devoid of an opposition.
Lessons in loyalty at North Korea's top school
AFP, Published on 26/07/2018
» PYONGYANG - Not many schools have classrooms equipped with tanks, jet fighter simulators, and grenade launchers. But North Korea's Mangyongdae Revolutionary School for boys is no ordinary establishment.