AFP 1900 GMT news advisory

News Editor: Olivia Hampton Tel: +1 202 414 0541

-- TOP STORIES --

+ Court verdict in Egypt sparks deadly unrest

+ Terror suspect Abu Qatada back in jail in Britain

+ UN welcomes release of peacekeepers held in Golan

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CAIRO

A court verdict over deadly football violence sparks fresh unrest in Egypt, with two people killed and buildings torched in Cairo, as Islamist President Mohamed Morsi faces growing civil unrest.

850 words by Samer al-Atrush Zayan. 2000 GMT. Picture. Video

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LONDON

Terror suspect Abu Qatada is sent back to jail by a British judge, two days before the government was due to make a fresh bid to deport him to Jordan.

650 words 1930 GMT by Alice Ritchie. File Picture. File Video

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AMMAN

The United Nations welcomes the release of 21 Filipino peacekeepers, who had been seized by Syrian rebels on the Golan Heights, as they crossed to freedom in Jordan after a three-day ordeal.

750 words 2000 GMT by Musa Hattar. Picture

-- AMERICAS --

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CARACAS

Venezuela marches towards a bitter election to succeed Hugo Chavez after his political heir takes over as acting president in a ceremony disputed by the opposition following the leftist leader's funeral.

850 words 2000 GMT by Laurent Thomet. Picture. Video. Graphic.

-- ASIA --

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KABUL

A suicide bomber on a bicycle kills nine people outside the defence ministry in central Kabul during a visit to the Afghan capital by new US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.

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YANGON

Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi calls for her once-banned party to unify amid concerns that internal squabbles could undermine its push for power at historic polls in 2015.

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LAHORE

Thousands of angry protesters set ablaze more than 100 houses of Pakistani Christians over a blasphemy row in the eastern city of Lahore, officials say.

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AJMER, India

Pakistan's premier Raja Pervez Ashraf prays for peace in his country at a 13th-century Muslim shrine in northern India on a lightning visit in which politics was kept off the agenda.

550 words moved by Prakash Singh. Picture

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BAODING, China

Drooping eyes barely visible behind a mountain of glossy black fur, an enormous dog snoozes on stage in an industrial Chinese city. Its asking price: close to a million US dollars.

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-- VATICAN --

 

Vatican-religion-pope,WRAP

VATICAN CITY

The Vatican installs a special chimney on the Sistine Chapel from which white smoke will signal the election of a new pope, as cardinals prepare for the historic vote next week after Benedict XVI's resignation.

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 -- AFRICA --

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NAIROBI

Uhuru Kenyatta narrowly wins Kenya's presidential election, final results show, but his main rival refuses to concede, raising tensions following the key poll.

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JOHANNESBURG

Global peace icon and former statesman Nelson Mandela is hospitalised for a "scheduled medical check-up" months after he underwent treatment for lung infection and gallstones.

600 words 2000 GMT by Johannes Myburgh. File Picture. File Video

 

Kenya-vote,SCENE

KISUMU, Kenya

After the announcement of Uhuru Kenyatta's presidential victory, parts of Kenya saw people dancing in the streets while areas loyal to his rival Raila Odinga were all gloom.

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MATOLA, Mozambique

Large numbers of mourners in Mozambique attend the burial of a taxi driver who died in police custody in South Africa after officers cuffed him to their van and dragged him through the streets.

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