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| - Duty Editor: Ben Sheppard Tel: +1 202 414 0544 -- TOP STORIES -- + Coronavirus death toll in China surpasses 800 + Sinn Fein surges in Ireland polls + Thais mourn deaths from soldier's rampage + Democrats battle for votes in New Hampshire + Iran satellite launch falls short of orbit + Hollywood fanfare greets the Oscars China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING The death toll from the novel coronavirus surges past 800 in mainland China, overtaking global fatalities in the 2002-03 SARS epidemic, even as the World Health Organization says the outbreak appears to be "stabilising". 800 words moved by Patrick Baert and Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: China-health-virus-countries,FACTS China-health-virus,CHRONO Ireland-vote,WRAP DUBLIN A general election surge in support for Sinn Fein, once the political wing of the IRA, upsets Ireland's traditional two-party grip on power. 700 words 2200 GMT by Joe Stenson. Picture. Graphic. Video Thailand-crime-shooting,WRAP NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand Holding candles and writing condolences as monks chanted prayers, hundreds of Thais hOld an evening vigil for the 30 victims of an "unprecedented" mass shooting carried out by a soldier. 800 words moved by Thanaporn Promyamyai and Dene-Hern Chen. Photo. Video. Graphic US-politics-vote,WRAP MANCHESTER, New Hampshire Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg battle it out in New Hampshire, as Democratic presidential hopefuls scrap for votes two days before the state's closely watched primary. 750 votes 2200 GMT by Michael Mathes. Video, Picture, Graphic Iran-aerospace-satellite,WRAP TEHRAN Iran says it "successfully" launches a satellite but fails to put it into orbit, in a blow to its space programme that the US alleges is a cover for missile development. 770 words moved by Amir Havasi. File Picture. Video Entertainment-US-film-Oscars,WRAP HOLLYWOOD, California Hollywood's awards season comes to a close at the Oscars, with war epic "1917" battling a South Korean thriller for glory as a row swirls over the lack of minorities on the night's star-studded nominee list. 750 words 2230 GMT by Andrew Marszal. Picture, Video, Graphic -- CHINA VIRUS -- China-health-virus-censorship BEIJING The death of a whistleblowing doctor who was reprimanded for warning about the new coronavirus sparks rare calls for political reform and free speech in China. 500 words moved China-health-virus-vaccines,FOCUS SINGAPORE Scientists from the United States to Australia are using new technology in an ambitious, multi-million-dollar drive to develop a vaccine in record time to tackle China's coronavirus outbreak. 750 words moved by Catherine Lai. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Space-science-solar-orbiter-US,WRAP MIAMI The European Space Agency is set to embark upon one of its most ambitious projects to date, with the launch late Sunday from Florida's Cape Canaveral of its Solar Orbiter probe bound for the Sun. 650 words 2000 GMT. Graphic. Picture -- EUROPE -- Azerbaijan-parliament-vote,WRAP BAKU Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev's ruling party wins a majority of seats in snap parliamentary polls, according to exit polls, as the opposition denounces what it says was mass electoral fraud. 650 words moved by Elman Mamedov. Picture. Video Switzerland-homosexuality-referendum,WRAP GENEVA Switzerland votes strongly in favour of a new law against homophobia in a referendum, despite opposition from the populist rightwing Swiss People's Party. 550 words moved by Dario Thuburn. File picture. File video Europe-weather-storms,WRAP LONDON Britain and Ireland are lashed by howling winds and inundated with driving rain as Storm Ciara leaves homes without power, wipes out sports events and disrupts travel around northwestern Europe. 600 words 2000 GMT by Robin Millard. Picture. Video. Graphic Russia-France-Germany-Belgium-crime-justice,FOCUS LILLE, France The brutal knife murder in the northern French city of Lille of a Chechen blogger critical of the authorities in the northern Caucasus region prompts suspicion and accusations but, so far, no firm conclusions. 700 words moved by Julia Pavesi and Stuart Williams in Paris -- AFRICA -- Cameroon-politics-vote,WRAP YAOUNDE Cameroon votes in polls overshadowed by a partial opposition boycott and separatist violence that has displaced hundreds of thousands of people. 700 words moved by Joseph Sotinel. Picture. Video Kenya-politics-Moi,WRAP NAIROBI Kenyans queue in the capital to view the body of the country's longest-serving leader Daniel arap Moi, which is lying in state ahead of a state funeral. 550 words moved. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict-Idlib,WRAP BEIRUT Syrian regime forces are poised to retake a key motorway connecting the capital Damascus to second city Aleppo following weeks of battles in the rebel-held Idlib region. 500 words 1930 GMT. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Thailand-crime-shooting-escape,SCENE NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand In a fourth floor toilet of the Terminal 21 mall, shoppers jammed cubicle doors against the entrance to keep out a Thai soldier on a shooting spree, tracing his movements through fragments of CCTV passed on by friends on the outside. 600 words moved by Dene-Hern Chen in Nakhon Ratchasima with Aidan Jones in Bangkok. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- RugbyU-6Nations-FRA-ITA PARIS France staved off a comeback to beat Italy 35-22 on Sunday and secure their second win from two matches in this year's Six Nations in strong winds caused by Storm Ciara. 650 words moved by Illtud Dafydd. Picture fbl-ITA-SerieA, WRAP MILAN Inter Milan aim to join Juventus at the top of Serie A in a derby clash with Zlatan Ibrahimovic's AC Milan after Lazio moved to within a point of the leaders following a 1-0 win at Parma. 650 words by Emmeline Moore by 2230 GMT. Picture. Video afp
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