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Myanmar selects its first Miss Universe hopeful in 50 years

With a whiff of controversy and not a bikini in sight, a US-educated business graduate was selected as the first Miss Universe contestant to represent Myanmar in more than 50 years. Duration: 02:14

Oct 4, 2013

Guinea opposition calls for election to be annulled

Guinea's opposition called on Friday for the annulment of parliamentary elections held on September 28, alleging that the vote had been tarnished by widespread fraud. Duration: 00:39

Oct 4, 2013

Penises and blood: Asia's libido-boosting foods

From penis hotpots to snake blood and fried animal organs, around Asia there are many meals that can supposedly help boost libido. Duration: 02:30

Oct 4, 2013

France offers right to asylum to protesting Syrian refugees

France on Friday offered some 60 Syrians the right to seek asylum after the refugees occupied a key point in the Channel port of Calais in a desperate bid to get to Britain. Duration: 00:54

Oct 4, 2013

Ford sees bright road ahead in Myanmar

Ford Motor Co officially opens its first authorised dealership in Myanmar, joining a rush to set up shop in the former junta-ruled country as the West rolls back sanctions. Duration: 00:30

Oct 4, 2013

Merkel's defeated foes to continue coalition talks

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and her defeated centre-left election rivals on Friday agreed to push on with courtship talks that could lead to a "grand coalition" governing Europe's economic powerhouse. Duration: 0:57

Oct 4, 2013

Tattoo lovers descend on Hong Kong for convention

Tattoo lovers and artists from around the world flock to the first international tattoo convention to be held in Hong Kong. Duration: 01:29

Oct 4, 2013

Juicing your veggies, LA's latest food craze

Juice fasts are a hot trend in esoteric and hipster Los Angeles with an increasing number of expensive juice bars -- where the juice is pressed, not blended -- sprouting up around the world's movie capital. Duration: 02:02

Oct 4, 2013

Hundreds feared dead in Italy migrant shipwreck

Italy on Friday mourned the 300 African asylum-seekers feared dead in the worst ever Mediterranean refugee disaster, as the government appealed for Europe to stem the influx of migrants. Duration: 00:37

Oct 4, 2013

Ethiopia to face Nigeria in 2014 World Cup playoff

Ethiopia will face Nigeria on October 13 in Addis Ababa in the first leg of a 2014 World Cup play-off. Duration 0:43

Oct 4, 2013

New Zealand hosts wacky 'World of WearableArt' show

International designers are increasingly clamouring to be part of Wellington's wacky World of WearableArt show. Duration: 00:59

Oct 4, 2013

Ford marks 100th anniversary of assembly line invention

As Detroit prepares to mark the 100th anniversary of Henry Ford's invention of the moving assembly line, AFPTV visits the historic factory where the world-changing innovation took place. Duration: 02:19

Oct 4, 2013

Vietnam Gen. Giap 'inspired resistance movements'

One Vietnamese and one French historian look back at the life and legacy of General Vo Nguyen Giap. Duration: 01:14

Oct 4, 2013

Hundreds feared dead in Italy migrant boat disaster

Locals from Lampedusa island tell how they were the first on the scene when a boat carrying some 500 immigrants sank off the coast and the rush to save as many of them possible. Duration:01:28

Oct 4, 2013

Indian Hindu devotees perform annual 'Tarpan' rituals

Indian Hindu devotees perform 'Tarpan', rituals to pay obediance to one's forefathers on the last day of "Pitrupaksh" - days for offering prayers to ancestors - on the banks of the River Ganges in Kolkata on October 4, 2013. Duration: 0:41

Oct 4, 2013