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| - Duty Editor: Katy Lee Email: engdeskers@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Jordan king's brother 'under house arrest' in security sweep + Millions mark Easter Sunday under virus curbs + Indian troops killed in gun battle with Maoists + Anti-coup Easter eggs at Myanmar protests + NASA mini-helicopter lands on Mars Jordan-politics-arrests,WRAP AMMAN Jordan's official media warns security and stability are "red line" issues after a half-brother of King Abdullah II said he was put under house arrest and lashed out at the "ruling system". 700 words 1030 GMT. File picture. Video Also moved: Jordan-politics,CHRONO Jordan-politics,COUNTRYFACTFILE Health-virus,WRAP ROME Millions of Christians around the world celebrate a second Easter Sunday under coronavirus restrictions, as nations battle to control worrying Covid-19 surges. 700 words 1200 GMT by Alexandria Sage with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic India-rebellion-police-Maoists,2ndlead PATNA, India Twenty-two Indian security forces are killed and 30 others injured in a gun battle with Maoist rebels in a central Indian state, police say, in the deadliest ambush of its kind in four years. 400 words 1000 GMT US-space-Mars-Ingenuity WASHINGTON NASA's Ingenuity mini-helicopter has been dropped on the surface of Mars in preparation for its first flight, the US space agency says. 400 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- Entertainment-UAE-eSports-technology-Gulf,FOCUS DUBAI From a brand new facility in Dubai, young gamers are hosting virtual regional eSports competitions sponsored by global brands as they shoot to become major players in the multi-billion-dollar industry. 650 words moved by Aziz El Massassi. Picture. Video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-India MUMBAI Bollywood star Akshay Kumar says he has tested positive for Covid-19, becoming the latest Indian celebrity to contract the virus as the vast nation battles a new wave of cases. 400 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-France-hospitals,FOCUS PARIS In the Covid-19 intensive care unit of the Antony Private Hospital south of Paris, no bed stays free for long and medics wonder when their workload will finally peak. 800 words moved by Adam Plowright. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-religion-Judaism,FOCUS NEW YORK Two months into lockdown, 29-year-old Ella left the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community that she was raised in near New York, started wearing trouser pants for the first time and contacted an organization that helps "leavers" adapt to life in wider society. 800 words moved by Peter Hutchison. File picture China-US-Europe-trade-logistics-shipping-pandemic,FOCUS LIANYUNGANG, China Towering cranes work overtime swinging containers from cargo vessels in the eastern Chinese port of Lianyungang, racing to keep ahead of a perfect storm unleashed by the pandemic, which has created gridlock in global shipping. 900 words moved by Dan Martin and John Biers in New York. Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany-pets,FOCUS BERLIN Markus Salomon and his family had been thinking about getting a dog for years, but it was the coronavirus pandemic that finally pushed them to bring home one-year-old mixed breed Uschi. 700 words moved by Femke Colborne. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Bulgaria-vote,WRAP SOFIA Bulgarians vote to elect a new parliament, with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's centre-right party tipped to finish first although it may struggle to find coalition partners. 650 words 1100 GMT by Vessela Sergueva and Diana Simeonova. Picture. Video Also moved: Bulgaria-vote-government,FACTS France-politics-business-people,lead PARIS French ex-minister and tycoon Bernard Tapie, the former owner of Adidas, has been attacked along with his wife during a night-time burglary of their home, police sources say. 400 words 1000 GMT Denmark-Greenland-vote,ADVANCER NUUK Greenland votes Tuesday in legislative elections largely seen as a referendum on a controversial mining project that would help diversify the Arctic island's economy as it plans for a future altered by global warming. 850 words moved by Christian Solbeck with Camille Bas-Wohlert in Copenhagen. Picture. Video Also moved: Denmark-Greenland-vote,FACTS Denmark-Greenland-vote-youth,FOCUS NUUK Her traditional hand and face markings a sign of Inuit pride, Seqininnguaq Lynge Poulsen is part of a new generation in Greenland seeking a fresh cultural identity with an eye to independence one day. 750 words moved by Christian Solbeck with Camille Bas-Wohlert in Copenhagen Austria-religion-Catholics-LGBT,FOCUS VIENNA The Catholic church of the parish of Hard is one of many in Austria which decided to fly the rainbow flag in solidarity with the LGBT community after the Vatican ruled last month that the Church couldn't bless same-sex partnerships. 750 words moved by Jastinder Khera. Picture -- AFRICA -- Mozambique-unrest,SCENE PEMBA, Mozambique As she stepped off an evacuation boat from the besieged town of Palma in northern Mozambique, Mariamo Assane broke down, reliving the harrowing day she fled a ferocious rampage by Islamist militants. 600 words 1130 GMT by Alfredo Zuniga. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-Congress-vote,FOCUS WASHINGTON With his plan for huge investment to create "millions of jobs" coming after an equally titanic economic stimulus program, President Joe Biden is thinking big in his first weeks in office, knowing his window of opportunity may close by 2022. 700 words moved by Elodie Cuzin Haiti-rights-demonstration PORT-AU-PRINCE Hundreds of women protest in Haiti's capital, denouncing gang violence and political instability that they say could lead to a new dictatorship. 350 words moved. Picture -- ASIA -- Taiwan-train-accident,WRAP HUALIEN, Taiwan Grieving relatives of those who died in Taiwan's worst rail disaster in decades hold prayers at the crash site as salvage crews work to remove the tangled mass of wrecked carriages. 750 words moved by Sean Chang, with Amber Wang in Taipei. Picture. Video. Graphic Indonesia-flood-disaster JAKARTA At least 23 people are killed and two are still missing after flash floods swept an island in Indonesia's easternmost province, rescue officials say. 260 words moved. Picture -- PEOPLE -- Entertainment-US-DMX NEW YORK Gritty US rapper DMX, who reigned over the late 1990s and early 2000s with hits such as "Party Up," is hospitalized and on life support after a heart attack, his long-time lawyer Murray Richman tells AFP. 350 words moved. File picture -- CULTURE -- US-culture-art-museum,FOCUS NEW YORK American museums hit hard by the pandemic are selling paintings to bridge revenue gaps, with some going further and using the funds to diversify collections, but critics say the sales betray the institutions' mission of preserving artwork for the public. 750 words moved by Thomas Urbain afp
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