AFP: Potter latest goes on sale in US 21 July
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Excitement mounted among Harry Potter fans worldwide Friday as the clock ticked down to the release of the last instalment of his adventures. With only hours to go before the 2301 GMT publication of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" in most of the world, queues built up outside bookstores, bracing for a record demand for the seventh and final adventure. Images and soundbites from a bookshop in Bethesda, Maryland.
Rudy Medina: Cell Phones
2min
Cell phones make it difficult to keep one's options open.
Reuters: Dinosaur for sale 14 March
1min
A team of palaeontologists took eight hours to reconstruct the four-legged, three horned dinosaur whose bones had to be shipped in giant separate boxes.
Chalant: Cell Phones
1min
What do cell phones, crack, hoes, and church have in common?
AFP: Nepal head to the polls for the first time in almost ten years 10 April
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Millions of Nepalese head to the polls in the first major elections in the country in almost a decade, marking the climax of a peace process to end a decade-long Maoist revolt. Security has been stepped up for Nepal's most-watched vote in history. The future assembly's first priorities will be to abolish the monarchy and rewrite the constitution. An AFPTV report.
Jake Dill: Cell Phone Service
3min
After receiving a new cell phone for switching his phone plan, Jake Dill is forced to deal with customer service.
Jamal Doman: Homeless Cell Phone
3min
Homeless guys with cell phones are pretty outrageous!
AFP: Capitalism in Cuba on the rise 28 March
2min
Ever since the recent transition that saw Fidel Castro hand over power to his brother, Raul there have been high hopes of economic reform in Cuba. But even before the handover, there have been signs of openess, as can be seen by a growing number of private businesses, initially banned by Fidel Castro.
Michael Joiner: Cell Phones
2min
This modern world of cell phones has really changed things.
Raj Desai: Cell Phones
2min
What the world would be like without cell phones.
