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Helicopters, ziplining commandos rescue 8 from Pakistan cable car
AFP, Published on 23/08/2023
» PASHTO, Pakistan - Military helicopters and ziplining commandos rescued eight people, including six schoolboys, who were trapped for hours on Tuesday in a stricken cable car high above a remote Pakistani valley.
US men unravel stereotypes by knitting
AFP, Published on 31/03/2023
» COCKEYSVILLE, Maryland: Knitting has surged in popularity once again in the United States in this age of pandemics and self-care.
Peter Brook: mystical giant who changed theatre forever
AFP, Published on 03/07/2022
» PARIS - Peter Brook, who has died aged 97, was among the most influential theatre directors of the 20th century, reinventing the art by paring it back to drama's most basic and powerful elements.
Unheard Lennon tape goes on sale in Denmark
AFP, Published on 28/09/2021
» COPENHAGEN: A 1970 tape of John Lennon singing a hitherto unheard song called "Radio Peace" and expressing frustration at his Beatles image to a group of Danish schoolboys goes under the hammer on Tuesday in Copenhagen.
Talks underway in Nigeria to free abducted schoolgirls
AFP, Published on 01/03/2021
» GUSAU (NIGERIA) - Authorities in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara are holding negotiations for the release of 317 schoolgirls kidnapped by criminal gangs last week, sources familiar with the talks said Monday.
Gunmen kidnap 'hundreds' of schoolboys in central Nigeria
AFP, Published on 17/02/2021
» KANO, Nigeria: Gunmen believed to belong to a criminal gang stormed a school in central Nigeria, killing one student and kidnapping hundreds of others along with some teachers, sources said Wednesday.
344 Nigerian schoolboys released after mass kidnapping
AFP, Published on 18/12/2020
» KANKARA (NIGERIA) - More than 300 Nigerian schoolboys were released on Thursday after being abducted in an attack claimed by Boko Haram, officials said, although it was unclear if any more remained with their captors.
Boko Haram releases video claiming to show kidnapped boys
AFP, Published on 17/12/2020
» KANKARA (NIGERIA) - The Boko Haram jihadist group released a video on Thursday claiming to show schoolboys seized in a mass kidnapping in northwest Nigeria last week.
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.