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Lost for half a century, historic photographs of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara taken by an AFP photographer shortly after his execution have come to light in a small Spanish town. (Photo: AFP)- It was scripted and filmed in Malta over the summer with professional child actors from Malta and Syrian refugees volunteering to “react” in the background. Lars Klevberg, a 34-year-old film director from Oslo, told BBC Trending he was “not
- The unidentified boy was labelled as a hero after footage circulated on YouTube showing him apparently dodging a shower of bullets with the terrified girl to drag her to safety. (Photo: YouTube screengrab)
- A video appearing to show a young Syrian boy braving sniper fire to rescue a girl was faked by a Norwegian film crew as an experiment, according tom BBC Trending. (Photo: YouTube screengrab)
- Putin previously accused the Ukrainians of 'constantly shelling' the MH17 crash site earlier this week amid steeply rising concern that he has ordered massive military reinforcements to support pro-Moscow rebel forces. (Photo: AP)
- The broadcast came ahead of the G20 summit in Australia, where Western leaders including David Cameron will be confronting Russian President Vladimir Putin over the crash. (Photo: AP)
- Other reports have repeatedly suggested the plane was shot down by pro-Moscow rebels using a Russian-made BUK missile system. (Photo: AP)
- This is following the release of ‘leaked’ satellite images, which show a missile heading towards the passenger plane. These images were released by Russia's main state broadcaster. It was claimed that the space pictures were from a British or US
- Dutch investigators collect remains at MH17 crash site. New reports that have surfaced by the Russian experts, highlighting the possibility of the Malaysian Boeing MH17 being shot down by a Ukrainian warplane and not by a ground to air missile. (
- Snarling dogs and enforced nudity were among the techniques used to force terror suspects to talk at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison. (Photo: AP)
- In this June 22, 2004 file photo, a detainee in an outdoor solitary confinement cell talks with a military policeman at the Abu Ghraib prison on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq. "The US is proud of its record as a leader in respecting, promoting and
- The US said it did not condone torture under any circumstances, but acknowledged to a UN anti-torture watchdog it had "crossed the line" following the September 11 attacks. In this 2003 file image obtained by The AP shows an unidentified detainee
- At a town hall meeting with young Southeast Asians itself a rarity in a country ruled by its military for half a century Obama told an ebullient crowd their generation has more potential than any before to shape Myanmar's society. (Photo: AP)
- Obama and Suu Kyi took questions from reporters on the final day of Obama's visit to Myanmar, an impoverished country struggling to reinvent itself. Obama is heavily invested in Myanmar's progress, having made a historic trip here two years ago to
- But his affection and deep admiration for Suu Kyi was clear, from his praise for her efforts to liberalize the government to the ease with which he whispered in her ear as they walked arm in arm into the home where she was once confined as a
- While crediting Myanmar for progress in its transition to democracy, he offered a blunt assessment of the distressing shortcomings that have called that transition into question. In his joint appearance with Suu Kyi, on the back porch of her
- President Barack Obama mounted a warm show of support for Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, voicing opposition to a constitutional rule that's preventing the pro-democracy icon from contesting for the presidency next year. (Photo: AP)
- Arteaga believes it was Hutten who gave the photographs to Cuartero, possibly as a means of getting them quickly out of the country. "He asked my uncle to take the photos because he was the only European leaving Bolivia at that moment."
- Imanol Arteaga, nephew of Spanish missionary Luis Cuartero, shows photos taken on October 10, 1967 by former AFP journalist Marc Hutten, showing the corpse of Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, Ernesto "Che"
- Other rare colour photographs of Guevara's body by AFP correspondent Marc Hutten, taken after it was laid out by Bolivian soldiers, were published in the international media at the time. (Photo: AFP)
- The dark-bearded guerilla leader lies in a stretcher with his dead eyes open, his bare chest stained with blood and dirt, in the eight black and white photographs taken after he was shot by the Bolivian army in October 1967. (Photo: AFP)
Lost for half a century, historic photographs of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara taken by an AFP photographer shortly after his execution have come to light in a small Spanish town. (Photo: AFP)
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