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We will shortly move the following stories:Highlights: + Baghdad battles to preserve its battered heritage + Africa's league of fashionable gentlemen 'sapeurs'Iraq-heritage-Baghdad-culture,FEATUREBAGHDADFawziya al-Maliki, an elegant and determined 44-year old, is spearheading Iraq's efforts to preserve what architectural treasures remain in the war-ravaged country, but her job is proving dangerous.


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We will shortly move the following stories:Highlights: + Row in Romania over bid to impose major junk food tax + Ancient Estonian drug store offers sweet cure for broken heartsRomania-health-obesity-tax,FEATUREBUCHARESTWhile First Lady Michelle Obama launched a high-profile campaign against obesity in the US this week, small Romania may be a step ahead with its bid to impose one of the first comprehensive taxes on junk food.


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We will shortly move the following stories:Highlights: + US 'cavemen' seek raw truth + France vaunts '40 virtues' of Armagnac + Private schools sprout in Zimbabwe as public system strugglesLifestyle-US-food-diet-offbeat-caveman,FEATURENEW YORKVlad Averbukh says he'll need a napkin at lunch. "It could be bloody.


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We will shortly move the following stories:+ Poor Indonesians selling organs online+ Disaster movie a hit in patriotic ChinaIndonesia-health-Internet-crime,FEATUREJAKARTACash-strapped Indonesians are cutting out the middleman and selling their organs online, exploiting a loophole in local law -- and fuelling a dangerous and illegal trade in human body parts.


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Afghanistan-unrest-attacks-victims,FEATUREKABULThe stench of sewage hangs in the air as barefoot children clamber up a suburban hillside in Kabul, past green flags that flap over the graves of Afghans killed in suicide attacks. 770 words by Lynne O'Donnell. Graphic, picturePakistan-unrest-northwest-archaeology,FEATURETAXILA, PakistanArchaeologists warn that the Taliban are destroying Pakistan's ancient Gandhara heritage and rich Buddhist legacy as pilgrimage and foreign research dries up in the country's northwest.


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Highlights+ Bloody gang warfare scars Copenhagen+ Doctor brings hope to Gaza's woundedDenmark-crime-gangs-police-violence,FEATURECOPENHAGENPicturesque Copenhagen, renowned for its fairytale palaces and Little Mermaid, has for more than a year witnessed a full-blown gang war that the government admits it is powerless to end.


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Highlights+ Georgia aiming for Hollywood star factor+ Japan tests carbon capture and storageGeorgia-entertainment-business-film,FEATURETBILISIBuzzing with excitement after hosting its first Hollywood film production ex-Soviet Georgia is stepping up efforts to attract foreign filmmakers and their multi-million dollar budgets.


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ATTENTION EDITORS: This is the latest in a series of angled features ahead of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. There are AFP GRAPHICS and PICTURES to go with the series. ///History-communists-Germany-finance-banking,FEATUREFRANKFURTBorn in communist East Germany well before the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago, Thomas Nagel is not your typical German stockbroker.


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Highlights+ South Africa tries to enlist men in AIDS battle+ Gay rights a tall order in ex-communist blocSAfrica-health-AIDS-men,FEATUREJOHANNESBURG"There is a new man in South Africa," proclaims a new ad splashed across South African media, aiming to transform ideas about sexuality and to enlist the nation's men in the fight against AIDS.


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