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Kenya's Election Drama

Kenyan election again; Delhi Diwali without fireworks; Chinese student boot camp; Pakistan village of widows; Egypt's "iron foot"; Fifi Haroon. With David Amanor.

The Kenyan presidential election took another surprising turn this week. The crisis has seen protests, a shock intervention from the judiciary, and now the surprise withdrawal of the main opposition candidate. Kenyans Esther Kahumbi and Dickens Olewe from 91热爆 Africa share their stand-out moments.

Chinese student boot camps
As first year students around the world settle into university life, freshers in China face a challenging fortnight at compulsory military boot camp. Vincent Ni of 91热爆 Chinese remembers his own time at boot camp.

Delhi Diwali without fireworks
Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, has traditionally been marked with fireworks in Delhi, but not this year. A ban on their sale has been introduced to prevent pollution, as the 91热爆's Nitin Srivastava reports.

Village of widows
A suicide bomb attack in 2010 in a remote village in north west Pakistan left more than 100 dead, and many women widowed. 91热爆 Urdu's Azizullah Khan has returned to find out how they are faring.

Foot Iron
Marwa Nasser of 91热爆 Arabic has been to meet the mistress of a dying art in Alexandria. Ebtessam Mohamed presses clothes with a huge iron which she moves with her foot. She started when she was ten, too small to lift the iron by herself.

And Fifi Haroon's pick of the world wide web.

Image: Kenya election protests: crowds protesting on streets, watercannons firing jets
Credit: YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images

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