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Thousands at pro-Palestinian march in London
AFP, Published on 11/11/2023
» LONDON - Huge crowds marched through the British capital on Saturday, as pro-Palestinian supporters made their latest mass call for a ceasefire, with police out in force to prevent clashes with counter-protesters.
Miners who fled Russian occupation dig Ukraine's coal
AFP, Published on 10/06/2023
» MYKOLAIVKA, Ukraine: Ukraine's energy sector is under attack. Kyiv power stations have been targeted by cruise missiles, the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam has been breached and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is under Russian occupation.
No alternative: Afghan farmers lament Taliban poppy ban
AFP, Published on 04/05/2023
» LASHKAR GAH (AFGHANISTAN) - In a secluded compound in south Afghanistan, Bibi Hazrato cries in dismay as a group of men hack down her poppy crop, enforcing a Taliban government order to wean the nation off the narcotic plant.
Under Taliban, Kabul's drug addicts forced into withdrawal
AFP, Published on 18/10/2021
» KABUL - With shaved heads, oversized tunics and the terrified gaze of the hunted, the drug addicts rounded up by the Taliban brace for 45 days of painful withdrawal.
Afghan pomegranate pickers jobless as fruits rot at shuttered border
AFP, Published on 14/10/2021
» KANDAHAR (AFGHANISTAN) - Afghanistan's festive pomegranate season has begun, but this year thousands of tonnes of the juicy red fruit risk rotting on trucks blocked at Pakistan's frequently shuttered border -- leaving thousands of farm workers unemployed.
Prices soar at opium market in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 29/09/2021
» HOWZ-E-MADAD, Afghanistan: As the economy teeters on the brink of collapse, vendors at an opium market in southern Afghanistan say prices for their goods have skyrocketed since the Taliban takeover.
Afghan saffron boss says Taliban will not silence her
AFP, Published on 27/09/2021
» HERAT (AFGHANISTAN) - An Afghan business leader who employs hundreds of women on her saffron fields has vowed to speak up for the rights of her workers, and "not remain silent" under Taliban rule.
Driveway vigils mark Anzac Day
AFP, Published on 25/04/2020
» SYDNEY: Australians and New Zealanders held dawn Anzac Day vigils from the isolation of their own driveways on Saturday to honour their armed forces, unable to gather at war memorials because of coronavirus lockdowns.
America's endless battle against lethal drug fentanyl
AFP, Published on 18/10/2019
» NEW YORK - In a windowless hangar at New York's John F. Kennedy airport, dozens of law enforcement officers sift through packages, looking for fentanyl -- a drug that is killing Americans every day.
'American Gangster' Frank Lucas dead at 88
New York Times, Published on 01/06/2019
» NEW YORK: As the Vietnam War raged in the late 1960s and early 1970s, a potent heroin called “Blue Magic” flooded into New York City and New Jersey from a mysterious Southeast Asian connection. It destroyed lives, and it turned a gangster named Frank Lucas into one of America’s most notorious drug kingpins.