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'Dying every two hours': Afghan women risk life to give birth
AFP, Published on 21/12/2023
» KHOST (AFGHANISTAN) - Zubaida travelled from the rural outskirts of Khost in eastern Afghanistan to give birth at a maternity hospital specialising in complicated cases, fearing a fate all too common among pregnant Afghan women -- her death or her child's.
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Cambodia's women tuk-tuk drivers fighting prejudice
AFP, Published on 13/12/2023
» SIEM REAP (CAMBODIA) - Every day Roeung Sorphy deftly weaves through the streets of Siem Reap, zigzagging past cars, motorbikes and the occasional stray dog as she shepherds tourists to the famed Angkor Wat temple complex.
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Empty Thanksgiving seat for family of Russia-held journalist
AFP, Published on 22/11/2023
» PRAGUE - For Pavel Butorin, Thanksgiving is the most important American holiday, but there'll be an empty chair and a gaping absence this Thursday, which his wife will spend in a Russian prison.
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The Ukrainian train attendant chaperoning Western VIPs
AFP, Published on 19/11/2023
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - She may be from a remote Ukrainian village, but Tetyana Kogut has rubbed shoulders with some of the world's most powerful Western leaders.
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Gaza communications down as Israel searches main hospital
AFP, Published on 17/11/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israeli troops carried out building-by-building searches at Gaza's main hospital, as a new communications blackout in the territory on Friday compounded fears for Palestinian civilians trapped inside the facility.
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'George Orwell Library' shines a light in Russia
AFP, Published on 30/10/2023
» IVANOVO (RUSSIA) - The librarian scans the shelves and quickly picks out a few works -- Orwell, Sorokin, Dostoevsky -- the authors she thinks can best help cast some light in a dark time for Russia.
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Israel ground forces raid central Gaza as war enters 21st day
AFP, Published on 27/10/2023
» JERUSALEM - Israeli infantry backed by warplanes mounted an incursion deeper into Gaza, the army said Friday, as it readies for a ground offensive against Hamas for the deadliest attack in the country's history.
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'Severely punished': Vietnam environmental activists face crackdown
AFP, Published on 25/10/2023
» HANOI - Hoang Thi Minh Hong had worried for months she could become the next environmental activist swept up in Vietnam's crackdown, so she closed her NGO and began keeping a low profile.
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Widow of killed Pakistani journalist sues Kenya police
AFP, Published on 23/10/2023
» NAIROBI - A widow of a Pakistani journalist who was shot dead by police in Kenya after he fled arrest in his home country filed a lawsuit against Kenyan police on Monday, her lawyer said.
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Russian court extends detention of US-Russian journalist
AFP, Published on 23/10/2023
» MOSCOW - A Russian court on Monday ordered Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva detained until December 5, after prosecutors said she had failed to register as a "foreign agent".
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