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A Russian-backed ceasefire plan promises to protect the homes and sacred sites of Armenians who are now leaving territory taken by Azerbaijan in this year's conflict. But Peter Oborne found grief, loss and concern the dominant emotions as he followed the families who are leaving the area for the Armenian capital, Yerevan.

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High-level politics in Peru is often dramatic and conspiratorial, with legal intrigues, internal investigations and party purges playing out time after time. Meanwhile the public heartily distrusts most of its lawmakers. Dan Collyns uncovers the layers of outrage which fuelled an unprecedented wave of protest earlier this month, when the country had three appointed Presidents in a single week.

Khadim Rizvi, who died recently, was a wildly popular Sufi cleric from Pakistan, followed by tens of thousands of people and admired by many more. He also regularly called for the execution of alleged blasphemers, accused of insulting Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. Secunder Kermani ponders the contradictions and the appeal of Rizvi's fiery rhetoric - and how far his legacy may affect Pakistan's future.

And along the ancient shepherds' trails of the Greek island of Crete, Heidi Fuller Love learns of an ovine crime wave - as livestock rustling has gone industrial in scale and tactics. Sheep theft has a long and storied history here, going back at least as far as the Minoan civilisation, but with modern weapons and vehicles it's now a more serious business than ever.

(Image: A man prays in Dadivank Monastery, Nagorno-Karabakh. Credit: Hayk Baghdasaryan/Photolure via Reuters)