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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Tel: +33 78.35.78.721 -- TOP STORIES -- + Mass rally against Myanmar coup + 200 missing after glacier falls into Indian river + First Dutch snowstorm in decade + Socialist or banker? Ecuador votes for president + Quarterback greats to face off in Superbowl classic Myanmar-politics-military,WRAP YANGON Tens of thousands of anti-coup protesters in Myanmar pour back on to the streets, as an internet blackout fails to stifle growing outrage at the military's ouster of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. 800 words moved. Picture. Video. Graphic India-glacier-flood-climate,WRAP NEW DELHI At least 200 people are missing in northern India after a piece of Himalayan glacier fell into a river, causing a torrent that buried two power plants and swept away roads and bridges, police say. 600 words 1500 GMT by Jalees Andrabi. Picture. Video. Graphic Europe-Netherlands-weather-snow,WRAP THE HAGUE The Netherlands is blanketed by the first major snowstorm to hit the country in 10 years as a wave of freezing weather in northern Europe disrupts planes, trains and road traffic. 550 words 1600 GMT by Danny Kemp. Picture. Video Ecuador-politics-vote,WRAP QUITO Polls open for Ecuador's general elections in which a socialist and a former banker are vying for leadership of a nation besieged by deep economic problems. 550 words 1830 GMT by Florence Panoussian. Picture Amfoot-NFL-SuperBowl TAMPA, Florida Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes go head-to-head in a potential Super Bowl classic that pits the greatest quarterback in NFL history against the pretender to his throne. 750 words moved -- SPOTLIGHT -- Romania-music-industry-tradition,FOCUS REGHIN, Romania From his factory in the central Romanian city of Reghin, Vasile Gliga has been one of the city's world-famous instrument makers for more than 30 years. 700 words moved by Mihaela Rodina. Picture. Video Britain-NKorea-politics,INTERVIEW LONDON Jihyun Park shares the civic concerns of any other would-be town councillor in Britain, from local education to potholes in the roads. But she is unique in one regard: no other candidate has fled North Korea. 800 words moved by Jitendra Joshi. Picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Britain-vaccines LONDON The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine fails to prevent mild and moderate cases of the South African coronavirus strain, according to research reported in the Financial Times. 350 words moved Health-virus-Israel JERUSALEM Israel reopens stores and barbershops and lifts restrictions on movement as it eases its third coronavirus lockdown while pushing ahead with an aggressive vaccination campaign. 450 words 1530 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-Jordan-schools AMMAN Jordanian students return to school after an almost year-long break forced by the Covid pandemic that infected over 300,000 people and killed more than 4,300 in the country. 450 words 1600 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-Germany-hospital,FOCUS AACHEN, Germany When doctor Andreas Bootsveld has to make life-or-death decisions about Covid-19 patients, he is not alone -- as well as consulting his colleagues, he can draw on the advice of a team of specialists by videoconference. 650 words moved by Yann Schreiber. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Greece-crime-children-assault,FOCUS ATHENS Greece's emerging #MeToo movement, sparked by an Olympian's taboo-breaking decision to go public with allegations of sexual abuse, has raised hopes it can also uncover long-hidden stories of incest in the patriarchal country. 750 words moved by Helene Colliopoulou Poland-history-Jews-WWII-trial,FOCUS WARSAW Two respected Polish historians of the Holocaust face a court verdict on Tuesday in a controversial defamation trial that has raised pointed questions about the freedom to research Poland's troubled past. 650 words moved by Stanislaw Waszak Hungary-politics-drones-media,FOCUS BUDAPEST Hungarian journalist Gabi Horn was called in by police about her news site's drone footage of a business tycoon's estate, shortly before a new drone law was adopted in January that she is convinced is aimed at hindering such investigations. 750 words moved by Peter Murphy. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-diplomacy-gay,FOCUS WASHINGTON President Joe Biden has quickly launched a campaign to support LGBTIQ people abroad, putting their rights higher on the US foreign policy agenda than ever before. 850 words moved by Shaun Tandon US-politics-impeachment-trial,ADVANCER WASHINGTON One year after his first impeachment, former president Donald Trump finds himself the subject of an unprecedented second trial beginning Tuesday in the Senate, whose members must determine whether he incited a deadly assault on the US Capitol. 800 words 1800 GMT by Michael Mathes. File picture Also moved: US-politics-vote-timeline,CHRONO US-politics-impeachment-trial-figures,POINTS US-politics-justice-impeachment-Trump,FOCUS US-politics-justice-impeachment-Trump,INTERVIEW Health-virus-US-environment-transport,FOCUS WASHINGTON It's morning rush hour on the Washington Metro. A rail car, which a year ago would have been packed with seated and standing commuters, has just four passengers. 600 words moved by Julie Chabanas. File picture. Graphic -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iran-US-sanction-nuclear,lead TEHRAN Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says the US must "completely lift" sanctions first, followed by verification by Tehran, before the Islamic republic returns to its nuclear deal commitments. 350 words moved. Picture US-Yemen-conflict-Saudi,Q&A RIYADH US President Joe Biden shakes up policy on Yemen by ending support for Saudi-led offensive operations and de-listing Huthi rebels as a terrorist group, but a swift end to the six-year conflict remains unlikely. 650 words moved Palestinians-vote-Israel-conflict,FOCUS JERUSALEM The key Palestinian factions -- Fatah, which controls the West Bank, and the Hamas Islamists in Gaza -- meet in Cairo this week to tackle issues that could threaten the first Palestinian elections in 15 years. 750 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee. File Picture. -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-Tigray-UN-famine ADDIS ABABA The head of the World Food Programme says he has reached a deal with Ethiopia to expand access for aid workers and "scale up" operations in the country's conflict-hit northern Tigray region. 400 words moved -- ASIA -- Indonesia-flood PEKALONGAN An Indonesian village is inundated by crimson-coloured water after flooding hits a fabric dyeing centre in central Java, sparking a social media frenzy. 200 words moved. Picture Pacific-Marshalls-diplomacy MAJURO The Pacific Islands Forum leadership rift widens as the Marshall Islands voices its disapproval with the central political body in a region where the United States and China are competing for influence. 400 words moved -- SPACE -- UAE-space-Mars,ADVANCER DUBAI The first Arab space mission, the UAE's "Hope" probe, is expected to reach Mars' orbit on Tuesday, making it the first of three spacecraft to arrive at the Red Planet this month. 700 words moved by Dana Moukhallati. Picture. Video Also moved: UAE-space-Mars,FACTS UAE-space-Mars,INTERVIEW -- PEOPLE & ENTERTAINMENT -- US-Entertainment-court-celebrity-BritneySpears,FOCUS NEW YORK The legal agreement barring Britney Spears from managing her own life and finances is now older than the pop star was when the public met her as an effervescent 12-year-old on the Disney Channel -- and controversy over who steers her life is starting to boil. 900 words moved by Maggy Donaldson. File picture Entertainment-France-ballet-television-film,FOCUS PARIS Sadistic teachers and murderous levels of competition: from "Black Swan" to "Tiny Pretty Things" the world of ballet seems a place fit only for psychopaths if its screen incarnations are to be believed. 550 words moved by Rana Moussaoui -- SPORT -- Fbl-ENG-Pr LONDON Liverpool face a make-or-break showdown with Manchester City as the spluttering champions try to close the gap on the Premier League leaders. 500 words 1830 GMT. Picture Tennis-AUS-Open,PREVIEW MELBOURNE, Australia The Australian Open is known as the "Happy Slam" for its convivial atmosphere but the coronavirus has cast dark clouds over this year's build-up and could cause more chaos during the next fortnight. 650 words moved. Picture afp
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