AFP Features

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) - A 21-year-old from the Detroit area and a 46-year-old lumberjack who had never been on a jetliner until this year reached the final of the World Series of Poker here early Sunday. Full Story »

KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan's traditionally lavish weddings have lost their sparkle this matrimonial season thanks to rising prices of gold and festive essentials in a limping economy overshadowed by Taliban attacks. Full Story »

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - "Modern Warfare 2" strikes on Tuesday in a worldwide assault eagerly anticipated by lovers of the blockbuster role-playing battle videogame franchise. Full Story »

BORDEAUX, France (AFP) - Even as Chateau Lafite leads a surge for Bordeaux vintners in Asia, US retail prices for the same wines have skidded below wholesale cost as a major importer dumps stocks worth tens of millions of dollars. Full Story »

BUCHAREST (AFP) - Once the butt of jokes the world over, communist-era East European goods from sweets, to rustic washing machines and clunky cars are all the rage again. Full Story »

TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou called Sunday for more university classes to be taught in English if the island is to attract talented foreign students. Full Story »

SAFED, Israel (AFP) - A far cry from the thrills of Spiderman and the sexy glam of Lois Lane, chaste and religious comics have become a hit among ultra-Orthodox Jews determined not to pollute their children's minds. Full Story »

FRANKFURT (AFP) - Born in communist East Germany well before the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago, Thomas Nagel is not your typical German stockbroker. Full Story »

KATHMANDU (AFP) - Forest warden Narendra Man Babu Pradhan is on the frontline of Nepal's battle against poachers and he grimaces as he recalls the recent discovery of an injured rhino whose horn had been cut off. Full Story »

BERLIN (AFP) - Thousands of curious Berliners lined the centre of the German capital Saturday to admire over 1,000 giant polystyrene dominos set to topple Monday, marking 20 years since the Berlin Wall came down. Full Story »