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Rugby World Cup kicks off as France faces key test
AFP, Published on 08/09/2023
» PARIS - Hosts France kick off the Rugby World Cup against three-time champions New Zealand on Friday in a mouth-watering appetiser to a tournament that will provide a key test of the country's organisational skills ahead of the 2024 Olympics.
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Paris airports under intense pressure for Olympics
AFP, Published on 24/07/2023
» PARIS - Paris' airports face a double challenge during the Olympics next year -- already under huge pressure, they will also be the first impression that many foreign visitors get of the Games.
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Commuters escape Mexico City gridlock in new cable car
AFP, Published on 13/07/2021
» MEXICO CITY - Commuters soared over one of the world's biggest and most traffic-clogged cities as a new cable car system went into operation in the Mexican capital on Monday.
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How the first Tokyo Olympics changed the face of Japan
AFP, Published on 13/04/2021
» PARIS: The 1964 summer Olympic Games were Japan's great return to the world stage after its defeat and destruction two decades earlier in World War II.
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'The Virgin will protect': pilgrims easy prey for Lourdes thieves
AFP, Published on 24/10/2019
» LOURDES, France: Christian pilgrims to the holy town of Lourdes in southern France, lulled into carelessness by the promise of heavenly protection, are increasingly falling victim to pickpockets, local authorities say.
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Hundreds of thousands turn out for Pope Francis Madagascar mass
AFP, Published on 09/09/2019
» ANTANANARIVO - Hundreds of thousands of people on Sunday gathered on the outskirts of the Madagascan capital Antananarivo to hear Pope Francis say mass and deliver a homily condemning "privilege and exclusion" on the second leg of his three-nation African tour.
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Strike over staff shortage shuts Louvre in Paris
AFP, Published on 27/05/2019
» PARIS: Staff at the Louvre in Paris went on strike Monday, forcing the museum to close and disappointing tourists hoping to catch a glimpse of the Mona Lisa and other masterworks.
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On the trail of South Korea's high-tech peeping Toms
AFP, Published on 18/10/2016
» SEOUL - Walking into an empty women's bathroom stall, Park Kwang-Mi waves a hand-held detector around the toilet seat, paper roll holder, doorknob and even the ventilation grill on the ceiling.
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Rio thieves strike faster, higher, stronger
AFP, Published on 09/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - In the chaotic world of Rio criminality, it is an old trick that is winning the gold medal.
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Duterte death squad fears rise as Philippine police kill eight
AFP, Published on 27/05/2016
» MANILA - Philippine police shot dead eight drug suspects this week, authorities said Friday, following repeated calls by president-elect Rodrigo Duterte for security forces to kill criminals.
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