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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: + 'The Serpent' still haunting lives four decades on + Pandemic sparks surge in Hong Kong 'devil's breath' cash druggings + Women migrants reduced to sex slaves in Libya 'hell' + 'With masters defeated, the slaves can't fight': Taliban eye victory after US exit Thailand-crime-television-Serpent,FEATURE BANGKOK Nearly half a century after he sowed fear along the 1970s "hippie trail", French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, the "Serpent" of the hit TV drama series, still haunts the lives of those who crossed his path. 1,150 words by Sophie Deviller and Pitcha Dangprasith, with Jonathan Klein in Nakhon Si Thammarat. Picture. Video HongKong-China-virus-health-crime,FOCUS HONG KONG A spiked drink, a puff of dust, missing memories, and an empty bank account. Hong Kong's entertainment district Wanchai has been battered by a coronavirus-driven collapse in tourism and as times get desperate, several men have seen their night out turn into a nightmare. 800 words by Jerome Taylor. Picture Libya-migrants-women-slavery,FOCUS MEDENINE, Tunisia For Aisha, sexual slavery was something you only heard about happening to others in television reports, until she found herself locked in a living "hell" in Libya. 700 words by Caroline Nelly Perrot. Picture. Video Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban,FOCUS ANDAR, Afghanistan With Afghan troops in retreat and soon to lose vital American air support, Taliban commanders are voicing exuberance about quickly seizing full control of the country and re-establishing their version of an Islamic state. 900 words by Jay Deshmukh. Picture. Video afp
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