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| - Duty Editor: Anita Chang Beattie Tel: +1 202 414 0544 -- TOP STORIES -- + Thai soldier kills 20 in mall shooting + China virus tolls hits 722, first foreign victim + Syrian army troops capture strategic town Thailand-crime-shooting,WRAP NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand Police evacuate terrified shoppers from a Thai shopping centre where a soldier killed at least 20 people in a shooting rampage that he relayed via Facebook posts. 600 words 1930 GMT by Dene-Hern Chen. Picture. Video. Graphic China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING The death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak soars to at least 722 in China, including the first foreign victim, as Hong Kong imposes a mandatory quarantine on mainland arrivals to block the spread of an epidemic that has caused global panic. 800 words 2100 GMT by Laurent Thomet. Picture. Video. Graphic. Moved: China-health-virus-HongKong,lead Syria-conflict-Idlib, WRAP DAMASCUS, Syria The Syrian army overruns the strategic northwestern crossroads town of Saraqeb in the latest gain of a weeks-long offensive against the country's last major rebel bastion of Idlib. 750 words moved. Pictures. Video. -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote,WRAP MANCHESTER, New Hampshire Democratic hopefuls fan out across snowy New Hampshire campaigning for the state's primary, stop two on the road to picking a challenger to President Donald Trump in November. 700 words 2200 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video. Graphic. -- EUROPE -- Ireland-vote,WRAP DUBLIN Ireland votes in a general election, with Prime Minister Leo Varadkar hoping to secure a new term on the back of Brexit -- though voters are more likely to judge him on his domestic record. 750 words 1930 GMT by Joe Stenton. Picture. Live video. Video. Graphic China-health-virus-France-Britain,WRAP PARIS Five British nationals including a child test positive for the new coronavirus in France after they had all stayed at the same ski chalet in a case centred on a Briton who returned from Singapore. 650 words moved. Fskate-assault-investigation-France-FRA-Gailhaguet-resign,WRAP PARIS The under-fire president of France's ice skating federation Didier Gailhaguet resigns over accusations that a former national coach raped a top skater when she was in her teens. 550 words 1930 GMT by Elodie Soinard and Andrea Bambino. Picture. Video Germany-politics-parties,WRAP BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel dismisses a member of her government as she grapples with a crisis gripping her coalition after regional MPs from her conservative party sided with the far right in a key vote. 530 words moved. File picture -- MIDEAST -- Syria-conflict-Idlib,FOCUS BEIRUT The Syrian regime will claw back the country's last major opposition bastion in stages, experts say, chipping away at Idlib until jihadists and rebels have run out of options. 700 words moved by Layal Abou Rahal -- AFRICA -- SSudan-AU-UN-diplomacy,conflict ADDIS ABABA UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says it is "unacceptable" that South Sudan's warring parties are yet to make peace as a deadline looms for the rivals to enter a unity government. 350 words moved. Picture. Cameroon-vote-unrest,SCENE BUEA, Cameroon Long-delayed elections are to take place in Cameroon Sunday, but in the country's violence-torn English-speaking areas, the fear is almost palpable. 750 words moved. File picture -- ENTERTAINMENT -- Entertainment-US-film-Oscars,ADVANCER HOLLYWOOD Hollywood's award season reaches its extravagant finale at the Oscars on Sunday, with war epic "1917" tipped to dispatch a brigade of winners to the stage at the movie industry's biggest night. 700 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Entertainment-US-film-Oscars-nominees,FACTS Entertainment-US-film-museum afp
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