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| - We are offering the following five Editor's Choice stories which have been selected by AFP's chief editors for re-publication as some of the best of the week + Let it go! Japan PM declares war on ink stamp 'hanko' + Pakistan's 'University of Jihad' proud of Taliban alumni + 'One team': disabled duo help each other in war-torn Syria + Gifts, popsicles and mass: Chinese villagers recall Biden's 2001 visit + Poorer nations face vaccine wait as West locks down supply Japan-culture-crafts-economy-internet-government,FOCUS TOKYO Japan's new prime minister is declaring war, but there's no danger of an international conflict: the target of his ire is the humble ink stamp known as hanko. 750 words by Harumi Ozawa. Picture. Video Pakistan-Afghanistan-conflict-Islam,FOCUS AKORA KHATTAK Maulana Yousaf Shah cracks a wide smile as he rattles off a list of former students turned Taliban leaders, revelling in their victories over superpowers on Afghanistan's battlefields after graduating from Pakistan's "university of jihad". 850 words by David Stout and Sajjad Tarakzai. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-disability,FOCUS DAMASCUS One is deaf and mute, the other is paralysed from the waist down; but together, Ahmad and Bader form a duo equipped to handle life in war-torn Syria. 700 words by Maher Al-Mounes. Picture. Video US-vote-China-politics BEIJING Nearly two decades ago, the residents of a small Chinese village near Beijing were visited by a foreigner who is soon to become America's most powerful man: Joe Biden. 500 words by Laurie Chen. Picture. Video Health-virus-vaccine-developing-countries,FOCUS PARIS While the new Covid-19 vaccine offers countries that had pre-ordered doses a potential escape from a cycle of lockdowns and new waves of sickness and death, experts warn that poorer and developing countries face hurdles that could deny billions the first proven protection against the coronavirus. 1,100 words by Patrick Galey afp
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