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We are offering the following Editor's Choice stories which have been selected by AFP's chief editors for re-publication as some of the best of the week: + Indonesia's Aceh unveils new female flogging squad + In US, diabetics turn to black market or Canada for life-saving insulin + Brexit to deprive France of hundreds of local councillors Indonesia-religion-law,EDITOR'SCHOICE BANDA ACEH, Indonesia The masked woman nervously approaches her target, shuffles into position and then unleashes a flurry of lashes -- proving herself as the newest member of the first female flogging squad in Indonesia's Aceh province. 1,000 words by Haeril Halim. Picture by Chaideer Mahyuddinn. Video by Bagus Saragih US-politics-health-insurance-Canada,EDITOR'SCHOICE MINNEAPOLIS, United States On a frosty January morning in a Minneapolis suburb, Abigail Hansmeyer leaves her car engine running and takes out a brown paper bag carrying needles and a vial, handing it over to its recipient in an anonymous shopping center parking lot. 950 words by Ivan Couronne. Picture. Video Britain-EU-Brexit-France-politics-municipal,EDITOR'SCHOICE PERRIERS-EN-BEAUFICEL, France They assimilated the culture, learnt the language, paid the taxes, and served as public representatives in their adopted home country. But from March this year, hundreds of Britons serving as municipal councillors in cities and towns around France will no longer be eligible to hold office. Or vote. 700 words by Antoine Agasse with AFP bureaux in Bordeaux and Toulouse. Picture. Graphic afp
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