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| - Duty Editor: Susan Stumme Tel: +1 202 414 0542 -- TOP STORIES -- + Millions face another Easter under virus restrictions + Pharaohs rule the streets in Egypt mummy parade + Suez Canal traffic jam caused by stuck ship cleared + Taiwan mourns worst rail disaster in decades + Man City go 17 points clear, Tuchel suffers first Chelsea loss Health-virus,WRAP ROME Millions of Christians face another Easter weekend under restrictions because of coronavirus surges, but there is good news from the hard-hit United States, which crosses the milestone of 100 million vaccinations. 800 words 2300 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Egypt-archaeology-parade,WRAP CAIRO A procession of floats carrying the mummified remains of 22 pharaohs, including Egypt's most powerful ancient queen, snake through Cairo, in an eye-catching parade to a new resting place. 750 words 2000 GMT by Emmanuel Parisse. Picture. File Picture. Video. Live Video Also moved: Egypt-archaeology-parade-pharaohs,FACTS Egypt-shipping-Suez-transport,WRAP CAIRO Egypt's Suez Canal Authority says that a shipping traffic jam caused by a giant container vessel getting stuck on the crucial waterway for almost a week has been cleared. 450 words moved Taiwan-train-accident,WRAP HUALIEN, Taiwan Grieving relatives of those who died in Taiwan's worst rail disaster in decades hold prayers at the crash site as salvage crews work to remove the tangled mass of wrecked carriages. 700 words moved by Sean Chang with Amber Wang in Taipei. Picture. Video. Graphic. Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Manchester City move 17 points clear at the top of the Premier League after a 2-0 win at Leicester, while lowly West Bromwich Albion hand Thomas Tuchel the first defeat of his Chelsea reign with a stunning 5-2 victory. 650 words 2100 GMT by Steve Griffiths. Picture. Video -- SPOTLIGHT -- China-Xinjiang-politics-rights,FOCUS BEIJING A new state-produced musical set in Xinjiang inspired by Hollywood blockbuster "La La Land" has hit China's cinemas, portraying a rural idyll of ethnic cohesion devoid of repression, mass surveillance and even the Islam of its majority Uyghur population. 650 words moved by Sebastien Ricci. File picture. -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-Congress-vote,FOCUS WASHINGTON With his plan for huge investment to create "millions of jobs" coming after an equally titanic economic stimulus program, President Joe Biden is thinking big in his first weeks in office, knowing his window of opportunity may close by 2022. 700 words moved by Elodie Cuzin Health-virus-US-entertainment-theater,SCENE NEW YORK A smiling Caroline Baron is wearing shoes she has not worn in a year as she walks into The Shed in New York, one of the few major venues in America's cultural capital to begin hosting live performances for the first time since March 2020. 500 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Britain-AstraZeneca,2ndlead LONDON The UK medical regulator says that out of 30 people who suffered rare blood clots after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, seven have died. 650 words moved. File picture. Video -- ASIA -- Myanmar-politics-military-unrest,WRAP YANGON Ten of Myanmar's major rebel groups throw their support behind the country's anti-coup movement, fanning fears that a broader conflict could erupt in a country long plagued by fighting between the military and the ethnic armies. 800 words moved. Picture. Video. -- AFRICA -- Somalia-unrest-army,WRAP MOGADISHU Somalia's army says that soldiers have killed scores of Al-Shabaab gunmen who attacked two key military bases, while police say five civilians died in a suicide bombing in Mogadishu. 600 words moved ICoast-trial-conflict,FOCUS ABIDJAN Odette Klahon takes the witness stand, her burgundy red wrap a sign of mourning, then recounts the violence a decade ago that left her without her husband, her grandson and her left hand. 650 words moved by Christophe Koffi. Picture -- SPORTS -- Fbl-FRA-Ligue1,WRAP PARIS Neymar is sent off as a limping Jonathan David scores the only goal to give Lille a 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain in their Ligue 1 title showdown, a result that moves them three points clear at the top. 600 words 2000 GMT by Andy Scott. Picture afp
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