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| - We are offering the following Editor's Choice stories which have been selected by AFP's chief editors for re-publication as some of the best of the week: + A 'constant wrench': parenthood from behind bars + Austria's newest citizens reclaim birthright stolen by the Nazis + In Russia, conscription is a weapon for silencing dissent + One foot in Canada, one in the US: border parcel business thrives during pandemic France-prison-children-rights-family,SPECIAL REPORT MARSEILLE, France Nine-year-old Shadene's face lights up; her father who is in a Marseille prison has just appeared through a door on the other side of the boxy, tiny room. She stands, reaching to touch the window separating father and daughter. His fingers do the same. Forty-five minutes later, a bell rings to signal the end of visiting time, which AFP was able to witness after gaining rare authorisation to attend prison visits as part of a more than 12-month investigation into parenthood from behind bars. 1,650 words by Julie Pacorel. Pictures by Nicolas Tucat Austria-history-WWII-Holocaust-citizenship,SPECIAL REPORT VIENNA Even if they rarely speak German and some have never set foot on Austrian soil, nearly 76 years after the Holocaust, descendants of those forced out of Austria by the Nazis are reclaiming the nationality stolen from their ancestors. 1,700 words by Blaise Gauquelin. Pictures by Alex Halada in Vienna, Lindsey Parnaby in King's Lynn and Olivier Douliery in Falls Church. Video by Celine Jankowiak in Vienna, William Edwards in King's Lynn and Bastien Inzaurralde in Falls Church Russia-military-conscription-politics-opposition,FOCUS MOSCOW In December 2019, police officers came to Ruslan Shaveddinov's Moscow apartment, sawed through the door and placed him in handcuffs before whisking him away for forced military service in the Arctic. 850 words by Romain Colas with Marina Koreneva in Luga. Pictures by Natalia Kolesnikova and Olga Maltseva. Video by Alexander Zhdanov and Romain Colas Health-virus-Canada-US-trade,FOCUS DUNDEE, Canada The Canada-US border has been closed since the start of the pandemic more than a year ago, but not for Paul-Maurice Patenaude who operates a parcel handoff service from his house, which straddles the international boundary. 600 words by Eric Thomas. Pictures by Eric Thomas. Video by Benedicte Millaud afp
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