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| - Duty Editor: Lachlan Carmichael Contact: Engdeskers@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Myanmar show of force, 19 dead + NKorea vows major military buildup + Suez blockage forces shipping re-route + Egypt to bury 32 dead from rail crash + French monks with too much cheese find salvation online Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP NAYPYIDAW Myanmar security forces kill at least 19 protesters, witnesses say, in a violent crackdown on demonstrations across the country as the military regime stages a major show of force for its annual Armed Forces parade. 800 words 1000 GMT. Picture. Video NKorea-US-military-diplomacy,WRAP SEOUL North Korea threatens a further military build-up in response to Joe Biden's condemnation of this week's missile launches, a weapons test that marked Pyongyang's first substantive provocation since the US president took office. 800 words moved Egypt-shipping-Suez,WRAP CAIRO The owner of a megaship blocking Egypt's Suez Canal hopes to refloat it as early as Saturday, as the crisis forces companies to re-route services from the vital shipping lane around Africa. 700 words 1200 GMT by Bassem Aboualabass. Picture. Video. Videographic. Graphic Egypt-accident-rail,WRAP TAHTA, Egypt Egypt buries the dead from a passenger train collision that killed at least 32 passengers and injured more than 160 as the government begins an investigation into the latest deadly rail crash. 600 words 1100 GMT by Hager Harabech. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-France-religion-food,lead DIJON, France A French monastery in the heart of Burgundy launches an emergency online sale to get rid of thousands of its prized artisanal cheeses, which are languishing in its cellars as Covid-19 keeps buyers away. 300 words moved -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP PARIS Health officials have now rolled out more than 500 million coronavirus vaccine doses around the world, but with wide gaps between countries the WHO urges donations to help poorer nations start inoculations. 800 words moved by Joseph Boyle with AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Health-virus-Chile-vaccines,FOCUS SANTIAGO Chile is a world leader in its coronavirus vaccination program and has already given at least one dose to almost a third of its population. And yet, the country this week put more than 80 percent of the country's 19 million people in lockdown. 700 words moved by Paula Bustamante and Paulina Abramovich. Picture. Video Health-virus-US-IT-lifestyle-travel,FOCUS WASHINGTON Jem Jenkins Jones was stuck at home in Wales for much of the past year amid pandemic lockdowns but managed to fulfill a promise to her 10-year-old daughter to see the northern lights from Iceland and South Africa's game reserves -- in virtual reality. 750 words moved by Rob Lever. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Rwanda-genocide-history-France,WRAP PARIS France bears overwhelming responsibilities over the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and was "blind" to preparations for the massacres, a report by historians says, while adding there was no evidence Paris was complicit in the killings. 800 words moved by Lucie Peytermann and Cecile Feuillatre. Picture. Video Also moved: Rwanda-France-genocide-history,CHRONO Rwanda-genocide-history-France,SPECIALREPORT Poland-health-politics-abortion,FOCUS WARAW In the wake of Poland's near-total ban on abortions, the need for support for pregnant women with severe foetal defects is greater than ever but few know there are specialised clinics they can turn to for help. 700 words moved by Anna Maria Jakubek. Picture. Video -- AMERICAS -- US-Russia-China-climate-diplomacy-environment,WRAP WASHINGTON President Joe Biden has invited his counterparts Xi Jinping of China and Russia's Vladimir Putin to a virtual climate summit he is hosting in April, the White House announces. 500 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-China-diplomacy,WRAP TEHRAN Iran and China sign a 25-year cooperation agreement in the latest expansion of Beijing's flagship trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative as the US rivals move closer together. 500 words 1100 GMT. Picture -- AFRICA -- Mozambique-unrest-jihadists,WRAP MAPUTO More than 180 people including expatriate workers are trapped inside a hotel in a northern Mozambique town under attack by insurgents for days, workers and security sources say. 500 words 1200 GMT. Graphic SAfrica-education-university-students,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG When South African student Itumeleng Chalele left his home town of Qwaqwa -- once a tribal "bantustan" where blacks were contained during apartheid -- he was bursting with hope. 650 words moved by Hillary Orinde. File picture -- ASIA -- China-Britain-US-EU-diplomacy-Uyghurs,WRAP WASHINGTON Western powers push back against China in a standoff over Beijing's treatment of its Muslim Uyghur minority, as major global brands are pulled into the deepening international row. 700 words moved by Francesco Fontemaggi with Beiyi Seow in Beijing. Picture. Video. Graphic India-vote,2ndlead KOLKATA One person is killed and bombs are thrown at a polling station as India's hotbed of political violence West Bengal holds elections, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to unseat one of his fiercest opponents. 600 words 1000 GMT by Sailendra Sil. Picture. Video Bangladesh-unrest-diplomacy,WRAP DHAKA Hundreds of people demonstrate outside a key mosque in the Bangladesh capital as the country braces for violence a day after deadly protests by hardline Islamists against a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi rocked the Muslim majority nation. 800 words 1000 GMT. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- US-IT-politics-labor-Amazon,WRAP BIRMINGHAM, Alabama Senator Bernie Sanders joins the drive to unionize Amazon workers in Alabama as clashes intensify between lawmakers and the e-commerce giant ahead of a deadline for a vote that could lead to the first union on US soil at the massive tech company. 650 words moved by Julie Jammot US-enterprises-stock-IT-WeWork-lifestyle,WRAP NEW YORK WeWork announces it plans to enter public markets through a merger transaction that raises $1.3 billion, valuing the office-sharing firm at a fraction of the sum discussed in its unsuccessful pre-pandemic effort to go public. 600 words moved by John Biers and Rob Lever -- SPORT -- Basket-NBA WASHINGTON James Harden delivers game highs of 44 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists to power the Brooklyn Nets over Detroit 113-111 while Boston ended Milwaukee's eight-game NBA win streak. 600 words moved afp
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