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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + No evidence US vote was compromised: election body + US cities impose new measures to fight virus surge + Scores of civilians massacred in Ethiopia: Amnesty + Critics of Karabakh peace deal arrested in Armenia + Princess Diana makes dramatic debut in 'The Crown' US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON There is no evidence of compromised ballots or corrupt voting systems in the US election, officials say, as a top Democrat accuses Republicans who refuse to accept President-elect Joe Biden's win of "poisoning" democracy. 550 words 0630 GMT by Paul Handley. Picture Health-virus,WRAP WASHINGTON America's biggest city New York orders bars and restaurants to close early as the coronavirus outbreak shatters records, while Greece is forced into a nighttime curfew. 650 words 0630 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Amnesty International says scores of civilians were killed in a "massacre" in Ethiopia's Tigray region that witnesses blamed on forces backing the local ruling party in its fight against the federal government. 900 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video. Graphic Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh,WRAP YEREVAN Armenia arrests 10 leading opposition figures for violently protesting against a Russian-brokered peace deal that ended weeks of fighting with Azerbaijan and sparked fury with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. 850 words moved by Mariam Harutyunyan. Picture. Video Entertainment-Britain-royals-television-drama,FOCUS LONDON More than two decades after her death, Princess Diana's ill-fated entry into the British royal family is the main storyline in the long-awaited fourth season of the hit Netflix drama "The Crown". 700 words moved by Pauline Froissart. File picture -- US VOTE -- US-vote-law-ethics,FOCUS WASHINGTON Written in giant capital letters, it's nearly impossible to miss the message emblazoned along a San Francisco street targeting a US law firm: "Jones Day: Hands off our ballots." 750 words moved by Charlotte Plantive. Picture US-vote-Trump-aims,FOCUS WASHINGTON Is President Donald Trump's unprecedented assault on the US election results a coup in progress -- or mere political show? In this golden age of conspiracy theories, few can agree. 850 words moved by Sebastian Smith. File picture US-vote-Republicans,FOCUS WASHINGTON Most Republican lawmakers have yet to acknowledge Joe Biden as America's next leader, a departure from political norms that suggests President Donald Trump retains an iron grip on his congressional flock. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture US-vote-dispute,Q&A NEW YORK Since US media declared Joe Biden's White House victory on Saturday, President Donald Trump has refused to concede and repeatedly made baseless claims of election fraud. But how long can the vote be disputed and is Biden's victory at risk? 600 words moved by Catherine Triomphe US-politics-Obama-book,lead WASHINGTON Former president Barack Obama says in the first volume of his upcoming memoir that the divisions in America "run deep" and the departure of Donald Trump from the White House will not be enough to bridge the divide. 650 words moved by Jerome Cartillier. File picture -- AMERICAS -- Brazil-vote,ADVANCER SAO PAULO Two years after far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's election upended the political gameboard, Brazil votes Sunday in municipal polls that analysts say will likely consolidate its shift to the right. 650 words moved by Paula Ramon. File picture -- ASIA -- Myanmar-vote YANGON Aung San Suu Kyi's ruling party secured an absolute majority in Myanmar's election, official results show, in a poll disputed by the military-aligned opposition and criticised by rights groups. 500 words moved Pakistan-India-heritage-entertainment-film-Bollywood,FOCUS PESHAWAR, Pakistan Tucked away near the centuries-old Storytellers' Bazaar, the decaying Pakistani mansions once home to Bollywood superstars are being brought back to life as Peshawar emerges from years of Islamist militancy. 800 words moved by Sajjad Tarakzai. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Moldova-vote,ADVANCER CHISINAU Moldova heads to the polls Sunday for the second round of a tightly-contested presidential election pitting a pro-European challenger against the country's Moscow-backed incumbent. 600 words moved by Anatoli Golia. File picture. File video Also moved: Moldova-vote-culture-history,FACTS France-Britain-trial-birth-alcohol,WRAP PAU, France A French court jails an alcoholic Belgian anaesthetist for three years over the death of a British woman during an emergency Caesarean section. 600 words moved by Nathalie Alonso. Picture. Video Norway-archaeology-Vikings,FOCUS HALDEN, Norway Racing against onsetting mould yet painstakingly meticulous, archaeologists in Norway are exhuming a rare Viking ship grave in hopes of uncovering the secrets within. 650 words moved by Pierre-Henry Deshayes. Picture. Video Also moved: Norway-archaeology-Vikings-facts EU-migrants-Greece,FOCUS ATHENS It can be months or even years before the thousands of migrants waiting in camps on Greek islands or on the mainland finally receive the prize they crave: asylum. 650 words moved by Marina Rafenberg. File Picture -- MIDEAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Saudi-politics-attack,WRAP RIYADH Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pledges to strike extremists with an "iron fist", after a bombing against a gathering of Western diplomats was claimed by the Islamic State group. 700 words moved by Anuj Chopra. Picture Egypt-Israel-aviation-accident,WRAP CAIRO A helicopter crash in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula involving a multinational observer force kills eight people -- five Americans, a French national and a Czech citizen, the force said. 650 words moved. Video Iraq-conflict-displaced,FOCUS HABBANIYAH, Iraq Shredded tarp flutters from the metal frames of what were once thousands of tent homes, housing displaced Iraqis. The camp was emptied in under 48 hours and former residents fear the hasty closure will expose families to danger. 850 words moved by Maya Gebeily. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-disability,FOCUS DAMASCUS One is deaf and mute, the other is paralysed from the waist down; but together Ahmad and Bader form a duo equipped to handle life in war-torn Syria. 650 words moved by Maher Al-Mounes. Picture. Video Health-virus-Palestinians-restaurant,FOCUS BETHLEHEM When the coronavirus pandemic left Bethlehem without its hordes of visitors, tour guide Raed Bannura needed a new source of income. He woke up his wife and said "listen. I know what I'm gonna call this restaurant... Corona." 500 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. Picture. Video afp
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