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Lucas MENGET
AFGHANISTAN
Oct. 26: The battle for Afghania Valley
French soldiers fighting the war in Afghanistan are mainly deployed in the remote Kapisa valley, north-east of Kabul. FRANCE 24 special correspondents Lucas Menget and Yohan Bodin are spending time with troops on the ground.
IRAN - ELECTIONS
Unrest in Iran seen from abroad
Turmoil persists in Iran following the re-election of Ahmadinejad as president, but how is the situation perceived from abroad? France 24 journalists in the United States, Lebanon, Iraq and Israel shed some light on the matter.
LEBANON
Diaspora returns for crucial poll
Beirut airport has rarely seen such as influx of passengers: 19 thousand Lebanese have come home to vote in this year's legislative elections. The country does not allow proxy voting, so expatriates are coming back in droves.
SOMALIA
Readers' questions answered by 'Le Floréal's' commander
The French warship 'Le Floréal' has patrolled the Gulf of Aden since December 2008 as part of an effort to combat potential pirate attacks on cargo ships. The ship's captain answered some of FRANCE 24 readers' questions.
IRAQ
Fallujah exchanges bullets for ballots
Nearly 40 per cent of Fallujah's residents turned up at polling stations during Saturday’s provincial elections, in the hope that the results will mean significant improvements to daily life in the Iraqi Sunni stronghold.
IRAQ - US VOTE 2008
Sadr City in pictures
FRANCE 24 correspondents Lucas Menget and Guillaume Martin spent a day in Sadr City, the Baghdad stronghold of radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. In this poor neighbourhood patrolled by the Mehdi army, US forces are not welcome.
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