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Features Editors: Paris: Kate Millar +33 1 4041 4636 Hong Kong: Sean Gleeson +852 2829 6249 We are offering the following items: + Rwanda's children born of genocidal rape look to the future + Rug hunters risk death in search for Afghanistan's last antique carpets Rwanda-genocide-rapes-children,SPECIAL REPORT MUHANGA, Rwanda They grew up bearing the stigma of "children of torturers", shunned by their own communities and locked in a quest for identity. Nearly 27 years after the genocide in Rwanda, the children born of rape perpetrated during the country's torment are still struggling with trauma. 2,000 words by Lucie Peytermann. Pictures by Simon Wohlfahrt and Lucie Peytermann. Graphic Afghanistan-rugs-conflict,FEATURE KABUL In his quest to track down the last of Afghanistan's antique rugs, Chari Allahqul has weathered high-country blizzards, suffered beatings from armed robbers, and skirted fighting with insurgents. 900 words by David Stout. Pictures by Wakil Kohsar and Hoshang Hashimi. Video by Najiba Noori and Farshad Usyan. afp
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