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| - Duty Editor: Patrick Markey Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + With cabinet, Biden says 'America is back' + Fresh graves mark Ethiopia massacre site + LA shuts restaurants as virus cases soar + Meghan Markle reveals miscarriage + US desert obelisk sparks wild tales US-vote-diplomacy-crises,POINTS WASHINGTON President-elect Joe Biden's foreign policy team has spoken of restoring US leadership and values but it will also face immediate choices on whether to shift gears on a number of global hotspots. 650 words 1600 GMT by Shaun Tandon Ethiopia-Tigray-Sudan-refugee-conflict,FOCUS MAI-KADRA Scores of freshly-dug graves fill the church compound in Mai-Kadra. Shovels abandoned by weary hands are strewn on the dirt among empty cans of lemon air freshener that fail to mask the stench of death. 1,000 words 1500 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet and Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video. Graphic. Health-virus,WRAP LOS ANGELES, United States A restaurant dining ban in Los Angeles was due to come into force as officials warned Americans to stay home for the Thanksgiving holiday, while parts of Europe eye looser coronavirus lockdowns over the festive season. 750 words moved by AFP Bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Britain-royals-Meghan-miscarriage,WRAP NEW YORK Meghan Markle reveals she suffered a miscarriage in July this year, writing in New York Times of the deep grief and loss she endured with her husband Prince Harry. 500 words 1500 GMT, File picture Also moving: Britain-royals-Meghan,PROFILE US-obelisk-offbeat,2ndlead LOS ANGELES A mysterious metal "obelisk" found buried in the remote western United States desert has inflamed the imaginations of UFO spotters, conspiracy theorists and Stanley Kubrick fans around the world. 500 words moved. Video. Picture -- EUROPE -- Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Kararbakh,WRAP CHEREKTAR, Azerbaijan Azerbaijani soldiers and military trucks roll into the district of Kalbajar, reclaiming the second of three regions Armenia is handing back under a deal that ended weeks of fighting. 700 words 1430 GMT by Andrey Borodulin. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-deal,CHRONO Armenia-Azerbaijan-conflict-Karabakh-investigation,INTERVIEW BAKU Azerbaijan is investigating alleged war crimes committed both sides during the weeks of fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, the country's prosecutor general tells AFP. 500 words 1500 GMT by Emil Guliyev France-US-internet-tax,WRAP PARIS France will apply a new digital levy for online technology giants this year, breaking a truce with Washington over the long-running tax fight that could prompt a round of punitive US tariffs on French goods. 600 words 1700 GMT by Eve Szeftel and Joseph Schmid Germany-politics-vote,lead BERLIN The German government agrees on September 26 next year for the general election to choose a successor to Chancellor Angela Merkel after 16 years in power. 550 words moved by Deborah Cole. Picture Britain-EU-politics-Brexit-talks,WRAP BRUSSELS In a downbeat assessment of progress in post-Brexit trade talks, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen warns that any deal must not undermine the EU single market. 650 words moved by Dave Clark. Picture. Video Switzerland-voting-politics-business-rights,ADVANCER ZURICH Swiss voters will decide whether to impose the world's strictest corporate responsibility rules, making multinationals headquartered in the country liable for their and their partners' abusive business practices worldwide. 650 words 1330 GMT by Nathalie Olof-Ors. Picture. Video. Also moved: Switzerland-vote-politics-business-weaponry,FOCUS Health-virus-Denmark-minks COPENHAGEN A rushed cull of Denmark's minks over concerns about a coronavirus mutation sparks a new horror, as cadavers of the animals re-emerge from the earth. 350 words moved. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Algeria-politics-trial,WRAP ALGIERS An Algerian appeals court slashes to one year a 10-year jail term handed to opposition activist Yacine Mebarki, convicted of "offending Islam", his lawyer says. 500 words 1430 GMT. WSahara-conflict-Morocco,FOCUS GUERGUERAT, Western Sahara Kamal Zerfi has long run a junkyard in a no-man's land on the far edge of the Sahara desert. Then Moroccan government soldiers came and things took a turn for the worse. 600 words moved by Hicham Rafih. Picture. Video Health-virus-Israel-literature,INTERVIEW JERUSALEM Etgar Keret, one of Israel's most popular living writers, says the Covid-19 pandemic has brought him a lot of inspiration and chides those inclined to romanticise the pre-coronavirus world. 650 words moved by Delphine Matthieussent. Picture -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray,WRAP ADDIS ABABA Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says he rejects international "interference" in Ethiopia's affairs, hours before a deadline for Tigray's rebellious leaders to surrender or face an assault on their capital. 600 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic Ethiopia-unrest-Sudan-refugees,FOCUS KHARTOUM As Ethiopia's conflict rages on, tens of thousands of refugees have crossed the border into one of the most impoverished regions of Sudan, which itself is one of the world's poorest countries. 650 words by Menna Zaki by 1700 GMT. File picture. Burkina-vote-politics OUAGADOUGOU Burkina Faso's president, Roch Marc Christian Kabore, notches up a hefty lead in results announced from more than half of the country's voting districts following weekend elections. 400 words moved. File picture. File graphic -- AMERICAS -- US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Only two days after authorizing President-elect Joe Biden to begin his formal transition to power, President Donald Trump is reportedly headed to Pennsylvania to push his conspiracy theory that he was cheated out of the election. 500 words 1600 GMT by Sebastian Smith. File picture -- ASIA -- Thailand-demonstration-politics-royals-unrest,2ndlead BANGKOK Thai pro-democracy protesters rally in Bangkok as police summon 12 of their leaders to answer charges of royal defamation, the first use of the draconian law in almost three years. 600 words moved by Lisa Martin and Pitcha Dangprasith. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- Lifestyle-Iraq-sailing,FOCUS BAGHDAD Mariam Khaled sets her white dinghy towards a point on the riverbank: Adhamiya, in central Baghdad, where water sports are revolutionising how Iraqis interact with the historic Tigris and Euphrates. 650 words moved by Khalil Jalil. Picture. Video SKorea-entertainment-music-social-television,FOCUS SEOUL When Ryu Sera made her debut with girlband Nine Muses, the years of intense training and ruthless competition seemed worthwhile, but within four years she had been cast on the K-pop scrapheap. 900 words moved by Kang Jin-kyu. Picture. Video afp
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