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Tutankhamun: Egyptians bid to reclaim their history
Tutankhamun: Egyptians bid to reclaim their history
by  AFP

It's one of the 20th century's most iconic photos: British archaeologist Howard Carter inspecting the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun in 1922 as an Egyptian member of his team crouches nearby shrouded in shadow. But unlike foreign team members, experts cannot put names to the faces in the photos.

Typhoon Muifa lashes eastern China, forcing 1.6 million from their homes
Typhoon Muifa lashes eastern China, forcing 1.6 million from their homes
by  AFP

High winds and heavy rain lashed China's densely populated east coast on Thursday, after Typhoon Muifa forced around 1.6 million people to leave their homes and grounded most flights at Shanghai's main airports. Muifa is the strongest tropical cyclone to hit Shanghai -- home to more than 25 million people -- since record-keeping began in 1949, state broadcaster CCTV said.

Syrian ex-prisoners haunted by horrors of 'salt rooms'
Syrian ex-prisoners haunted by horrors of 'salt rooms'
by  AFP

When a Syrian prison guard tossed him into a dimly-lit room, the inmate Abdo was surprised to find himself standing ankle-deep in what appeared to be salt. Moments later came the second, grisly, surprise: as a barefoot Abdo was treading gingerly across the room, he stumbled on a corpse, emaciated and half-buried in the salt.

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