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Top war crimes prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo says he has a strong case against the perpertrators of last year's post-election violence in Kenya, and is preparing investigations that could lead to trials at the International Criminal Court.

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Leaders from China and Africa start a three-day summit in Cairo on Sunday to boost economic ties. China is now a major investor in the resource-rich continent but it has also outsourced some of its production there. One factory in Egypt is manufacturing products for Chinese companies that, once finished, are exported. Duration: 01:49.

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They were responsible for penning the song that became the soundtrack not only for a momentous event in European history but for a whole generation. The Scorpions' 'Wind of Change' is today synonymous with the fall of the Berlin Wall and, 20 years on, the band look back on their global hit record. Originally filed on 102609.

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Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Thursday he will not seek re-election as he voiced frustration with the US position on Israeli settlements and delivered a major blow to Washington's Middle East peace efforts.

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The most senior US official to visit Myanmar for 14 years held talks with pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi Wednesday after the ruling junta granted the Nobel laureate a rare break from detention. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell also met Myanmar's prime minister as the administration of President Barack Obama seeks a new era of engagement with the military regime. Duration: 01:39.

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Burkina Faso is to supply its entire population with six million mosquito nets after research has shown many of the mosquitoes in the country have developed resistance to insecticides. The development fuels a malaria crisis in the West African nation -- over a disease which claims the life of an African child every 30 seconds, and has one million victims worldwide. Duration: 02:03.

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Election organisers on Monday declared Hamid Karzai president of Afghanistan for another five years, cancelling a run-off which threatened to descend into farce and further destabilise the country. The announcement followed intense diplomatic pressure and sought to draw a line under two months of political chaos in a war-torn nation where 100,000 NATO and US troops are battling an increasingly virulent Taliban insurgency. Duration: 00:28

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed Monday a decision to cancel Afghanistan's run-off election and congratulated President Hamid Karzai on being handed a second term in office. Making a surprise visit to Kabul, the UN chief earlier met the president and his rival Abdullah Abdullah, who pulled out of the contest on Sunday. Duration: 00:54

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Opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday pulled out of Afghanistan's run-off election, plunging the war-torn country into fresh political turmoil less than a week before the scheduled contest. After President Hamid Karzai snubbed a series of demands promoted as a bid to avoid a repeat of massive first-round fraud, Abdullah said he saw no point in standing in the second round, while stopping short of calling for a boycott. But Karzai's camp insisted the contest should still go ahead, with analysts sa

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the world leaders in 1989 -- ex-German chancellor Helmut Kohl, former US president George Bush and the Soviet Union's last head of state Mikhail Gorbachev -- gathered in Berlin on Saturday for a formal ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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The only men are the ones standing guard outside: welcome to the first bank reserved exclusively for women. In the holy town of Najaf, one establishment has provided female-only staff for a female-only clientele. Duration: 01:25

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Europe's leaders converged on Brussels for a two-day summit to consider candidates for a coveted new post of EU president and grapple with differences over helping poor countries fight global warming.

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Twenty-seven years after the end of the civil war, Mozambique still hasn't rebuilt itself. In the centre of the country, part of the main rail line from Beira to Sena has reopened after being closed for a quarter of a century. It's a vital step to get the country's economy -- and its passengers -- back on track. Duration : 01:58

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Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was re-elected for a fifth term in office after winning 89.62 percent of the vote in Sunday's elections. Ben Ali has already been in power for two decades in power. Reactions after the election victory. Duration: 01:16

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Tunisians voted Sunday in a general election with President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali all but certain to win a fifth term in office after two decades in power. Ben Ali, 73, is being challenged by three other candidates in his bid for a fifth term, the last under the constitution of 2002 which allows successive mandates but sets the age limit in elections to 75. After ruling the north African country for 22 years, Ben Ali faces a difficult economic climate in spite of prudent financial management. Raw images a

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Tunisia has so far managed to stave off the worst of the global economic crisis, thanks largely to a diverse economy. But unemployment soaring, other challenges lie ahead for the next government. Duration: 01:49.

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African leaders finish a two-day summit Friday, after landmark discussions to improve the plight of 17 million displaced people and refugees on the world's poorest and most war-prone continent. African Union Commission chairman Jean Ping said the huge numbers of people who had fled their homes posed a threat to Africa's stability.

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It's one of the strangest hangovers of colonialism but Botswana, which gained its independence from Britain 40 years ago, still shows its attachment to the old motherland in one unusual way: its love of bridge. The card game is so popular with Botswana's younger set that some teachers have even warned it is disrupting their studies. Duration: 01:48

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is reluctantly gearing up for a run-off election on November 7 after the final count from August's fraud-tainted poll saw him fall fractionally short of an outright win. However, the logistics of organising a run-off in under three weeks are formidable, and many worry voter turnout is likely to be very low. Duration: 02:00

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Take a classic Shakespeare play, change the setting to Africa, and throw in a troop of singing baboons -- and you might come up with something like the new Alexander McCall Smith opera. The Scottish author and creator of the much-loved Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency books has penned the libretto to a new musical which has its premiere in Botswana, as part of a plan to help foster native musical talents. Duration: 02:24.

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In the north of France, River Brigades are targetting drug and weapon traffickers. With the opening of a canal that will link France to European countries further north in 2015, tightening security on French rivers is crucial. Duration: 01:56.

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Count Dracula, the blood-sucking protagonist of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, has been resurrected in a new novel, Dracula the Un-Dead, which was released this month. The first officially approved story -- apart from the classic 1931 film adaptation -- was penned by Stoker's great-nephew Dacre Stoker along with an historian, and takes the vampire up to London in 1912. AFPTV goes to meet the authors. Duration: 00:49

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A France Telecom employee hanged himself on Thursday, becoming the 25th staff member at the former state monopoly -- which has been undergoing major restructuring -- to commit suicide in the past 20 months. Many of them have left notes blaming management decisions for stress at work. 

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Honey is more than food in Iraq -- it's both a tradition and a remedy. Production plummeted following the warm but traditional beekeeping is making its way back one hive at a time. Duration: 01:53.

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Bostwana is still suffering under an HIV/AIDS crisis which is among the worst in the world, and among its most vulnerable are the children left in the pandemic's wake. One organisation has established several villages dedicated just to orphans, where they can grow up with the special care they need. Duration: 02:21

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50 years after the release of Miles Davis's landmark album "Kind of Blue", Paris dedicates the world's first major exhibition to the late legendary trumpeter, who always had a special relationship with the French capital. Duration: 01:07

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The London Film Festival opens with "Fantastic Mr Fox", a new animation flick by Wes Anderson with the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep and Bill Murray. Duration: 01:28

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Mozambicans go to the polls in two weeks' time, only the fourth election to be held since since the country became a multi-party democracy 15 years ago. This time, though, there's a new contender on the scene -- the Democratic Movement of Mozambique, led by Daviz Simango, mayor of Beira city. Duration: 02:10

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The Arts Florissants ensemble, which has been performing Baroque music on period instruments for 30 years under American conductor William Christie, is a main force behind a worldwide resurgence in interest in early music. Its anniversary tour has kicked off, at London's Barbican Centre.