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| - Duty Editor: Daniel Lawler Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + Virus crisis deepens as whistleblower doctor dies + Pangolin identified as potential coronavirus link + Democratic front-runners debate after Iowa chaos + Final scramble before Ireland election + Botswana holds elephant hunting licence auction China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING A Chinese doctor who was punished after raising the alarm about China's new coronavirus dies from the pathogen, sparking an outpouring of grief and anger over a worsening crisis that has now killed more than 630 people. 850 words moved by Laurent Thomet. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: China-health-virus-censorship,FACTS China-health-virus-environment,2ndlead BEIJING The endangered pangolin may be the link that facilitated the spread of the novel coronavirus across China, Chinese scientists say. 550 words moved. Graphic Also moving: China-health-virus-animals,Q&A US-politics-vote,WRAP MANCHESTER, New Hampshire The frontrunners in the Democratic presidential nomination race go head-to-head in a TV debate with no clear winner emerging from Iowa's chaotic first-in-the-nation vote. 600 words 1700 GMT by Michael Mathes with Chris Lefkow in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Ireland-vote,WRAP ENNIS, Ireland Irish politicians scramble for last-minute votes, on the final day of campaigning before this weekend's election, as polls predicted a historic three-way fight for control of the next government. 700 words 1600 GMT by Joe Stenson. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: Ireland-vote-social,FOCUS Botswana-conservation-animal-hunting-elephants,WRAP GABORONE Botswana, home to the world's largest elephant population, holds its first major auction for trophy elephant hunting quotas since controversially scrapping a hunting ban last year. 600 words 1600 GMT. File picture. File video -- CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK -- China-virus-health-Shanghai,SCENE SHANGHAI For more than a week, the rare resident of Shanghai who dared venture outside has encountered something unfamiliar: a surreal peace and quiet. 500 words by 1300 GMT by Dan Martin. Picture. Video China-health-virus-Japan-ship,WRAP YOKOHAMA At least 61 people on board a cruise ship off Japan test positive for the new coronavirus, as thousands of passengers and crew face a two-week quarantine. 700 words moved by Quentin Tyberghien. Picture. Video. Live video. Graphic Also moved: China-health-virus-Japan-cruise-offbeat,SCENE China-health-virus-doctor,FOCUS BEIJING The death of a whistleblowing doctor whose early warnings about China's new coronavirus outbreak were suppressed by the police has unleashed a wave of anger at the government's handling of the crisis -- and bold demands for more freedom. 850 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng Also moved: China-health-virus-countries,FACTS China-health-virus,CHRONO China-health-virus-WHO-shortage,lead China-health-virus-economy-auto-SKorea,FOCUS -- EUROPE -- France-EU-defence-nuclear,WRAP PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron urges European nations to play a direct role in halting a new nuclear arms race, saying they "cannot remain spectators" against a threat to the continent's collective security. 700 words moved by Jerome Rivet and Valerie Leroux. Picture. Video Britain-politics-Bercow,FOCUS LONDON John Bercow seemed to relish confrontation when he was speaker of Britain's House of Commons. But allegations that he bullied parliamentary staff now threaten his chances of a peerage. 700 words 1500 GMT by Alice Ritchie. File picture. File video Bulgaria-Russia-US-EU-diplomacy-espionage,ANALYSIS SOFIA Russian diplomats expelled for spying, Russians indicted for attempted murder -- Bulgaria has shaken up assumptions about its ties to Moscow in recent months and put itself at the heart of a global powerplay. 650 words moved by Vessela Sergueva. File picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- US-crime-shooting-Saudi-Yemen-military-Trump,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump confirms that the US has killed the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula -- days after the jihadist group claimed responsibility for a mass shooting at a US naval base. 650 words moved by Anita Chang Beattie. File picture Iraq-politics-protests-students,FOCUS BAGHDAD They once stood side by side against tear gas and bullets, protesting together against Iraq's government. But after cleric Moqtada Sadr's followers switched sides, young activists feel vulnerable and betrayed. 750 words moved by Maya Gebeily. Picture US-diplomacy-Israel-politics-Palestinians,INTERVIEW WASHINGTON The architect of the US peace plan for the Middle East and Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, calls on the UN Security Council to break its "habits" and solve the "hardest problem in the world". 700 words moved by Philippe Rater -- AFRICA -- CAfrica-conflict-horses,FOCUS BANGUI It's an arresting sight: In the middle of a dusty street in Central African Republic's capital Bangui, a chestnut horse appears, trotting graciously among the bashed-up cars, motorbike taxis and crumbling buildings. 600 words 1430 GMT by Camille Laffont. Picture -- AMERICAS -- US-politics-vote-Buttigieg-military,FOCUS MERRIMACK, New Hampshire Democratic White House hopeful Pete Buttigieg's national political background is minimal, but he claims something none of his chief Democratic rivals -- or President Donald Trump -- can: military experience. 700 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video -- ASIA/PACIFIC -- Australia-fire-climate-weather,lead SYDNEY Heavy rain raises hopes for an end to Australia's unprecedented bushfire crisis, as downpours douse blazes that have burned out of control for months. 450 words moved by David Millikin -- BUSINESS & ECONOMY -- US-economy-employment-unemployment-indicator,WRAP WASHINGTON The American economy saw an explosion of new hiring in January, adding 225,000 and bolstering President Donald Trump's economic record. 600 words 1500 GMT by Heather Scott. File picture. Graphic Switzerland-banking-espionage-management,WRAP ZURICH The head of Credit Suisse, Tidjane Thiam, says he will step down next week, as a ballooning spying scandal rocks Switzerland's second largest bank. 650 words moved by Nathalie Olof-Ors. File picture -- SCIENCE/ENVIRONMENT -- US-science-animal-ethics,FOCUS-EXCLUSIVE WASHINGTON Mice being baked to death after a heating system failure is among the animal welfare failures at the laboratories of the National Institutes of Health, the steward of US medical and behavioral research. 950 words moved by Issam Ahmed. 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 afp
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