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| - Duty Editor: Karl Malakunas Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + World not ready to contain virus, experts warn + Riot police in Delhi to quell deadly sectarian unrest + Sanders the target at Democratic presidential debate + Egypt's ex-president Hosni Mubarak dead at 91 + Welsh singer Duffy reveals rape ordeal Health-virus,WRAP BEIJING The new coronavirus has spread to previously untouched countries and Iran has reported an alarming surge of deaths in an epidemic that health experts say the world is not ready to contain. 750 words 0600 GMT by Laurent Thomet. Picture. Video. Graphic India-unrest-religion-politics NEW DELHI Riot police in the Indian capital are deployed as anger over a new citizenship law unleashes running battles between Hindus and Muslims, leaving 17 dead in some of the megacity's worst sectarian violence in decades. 500 words 0600 GMT by Bhuvan Bagga. Picture. Video US-politics-vote,WRAP CHARLESTON, United States Democratic White House hopefuls round on leftist frontrunner Bernie Sanders at a feisty debate, attacking him as too extreme for American voters and a flawed challenger to President Donald Trump. 800 words moved by Leila Macor, with Michael Mathes in Washington. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moved: US-politics-vote-Sanders,FOCUS Egypt-politics-Mubarak,WRAP CAIRO Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak, who ruled for three decades before he was ousted amid the Arab Spring protests in 2011, dies Tuesday at age 91. 750 words by Farid Farid. File picture Entertainment-Britain-music-assault-Duffy LONDON The Welsh soul singer Duffy attributes her long musical hiatus to a violent assault that saw her "raped and drugged and held captive over some days". 250 words moved. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-NKorea,FOCUS SEOUL Loudspeakers blaring hygiene messages, foreign diplomats locked in their compounds and state media demanding "absolute obedience" to health authorities -- North Korea is keeping to type as it seeks to prevent a crippling coronavirus outbreak. 600 words 0600 GMT by Sunghee Hwang Health-virus-Iran-minister,3RDLEAD TEHRAN Iran's deputy health minister confirms that he has tested positive for the new coronavirus, amid a major outbreak in the Islamic republic. 500 words moved. Picture Health-virus-Spain-hotel,WRAP COSTA ADEJE Hundreds of people are confined to a Tenerife hotel after an Italian tourist was hospitalised in a suspected case of coronavirus, officials in Spain's Canary Islands said. 600 words moved. Picture. Video Health-virus-Italy ROME Italy's European neighbours pledge to keep borders open despite the new coronavirus spreading down the country to Tuscany and Sicily and a surge in the number of infected people. 700 words moved by Ella Ida and Jastinder Khera. Picture. Video. Live video Also moved: Health-virus-Italy-economy-fraud,FOCUS Health-virus-Austria-hotel,2ndlead Health-virus-monitoring,Q&A Heath-virus,FACTS Health-virus,CHRONO Health-virus-US-spread,lead WASHINGTON American health authorities say they ultimately expect the novel coronavirus to spread in the United States and are urging local governments, businesses, and schools to develop plans like cancelling mass gatherings or switching to teleworking. 700 words moved by Issam Ahmed Health-virus-US-IT-disinformation,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO As the new coronavirus spreads globally, the online battle to keep misinformation about the disease is also stepping up -- Google, Facebook and other platforms are struggling to keep ahead of scammers, trolls, and others with ill intent who routinely use major tragedies or disasters as opportunities to swindle or manipulate people. 750 words moved by Glenn Chapman -- ASIA-PACIFIC -- Afghan-conflict-US-Taliban,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States voices optimism about reaching an accord to end the war in Afghanistan as a partial truce holds with the Taliban, warning rival leaders in the Kabul government not to scuttle the "enormous opportunity". 650 words moved by Shaun Tandon with Usman Sharifi in Kabul. 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Video Also moved: Afghanistan-conflict-US-Taliban,Q&A -- AMERICAS -- LatAm-politics-rights-women,FOCUS MONTEVIDEO Women across Latin America are organising a wave of protests to force gender politics into the public arena amid staggering rates of femicide and highly restrictive abortion laws. 650 words moved by Jordane Bertrand -- EUROPE -- Iran-nuclear-politics-EU,WRAP VIENNA The remaining parties to the faltering Iran nuclear deal will meet in Vienna in their first gathering after Britain, France and Germany launched a dispute process over Tehran's successive pullbacks. 500 words moved Germany-euthanasia-court-politics,WRAP FRANKFURT Germany's highest court is poised to decide whether a controversial 2015 law banning professional assisted suicide goes too far, with critics saying it robs terminally ill patients of the right to determine their own death. 500 words moved by Michelle Fitzpatrick Italy-US-trial-murder ROME Two US students are expected to appear in an Italian court on the first day of their trial over the fatal stabbing last year of a policeman during a botched drugs bust. 550 words 0600 GMT by Alexandria Sage. File picture France-Canada-Pakistan-religion,INTERVIEW PARIS Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian who spent eight years on death row on blasphemy charges, says she has yet to taste true freedom in her new life abroad and dreams of returning home. 500 words moved by Mariette Le Roux. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict-Idlib,WRAP BEIRUT At least 20 civilians died in Syrian regime strikes on targets including schools, a monitor says, in a relentless advance on the country's last major opposition holdout that saw loyalists seize a symbolic town. 700 words moved. Picture. Video Israel-vote-social-economy,FOCUS RAMLA, Israel At Ramla market, on the eastern outskirts of Tel Aviv and the fringes of Israel's economic boom, veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is still king. 700 words moved by Delphine Matthieussent. Picture. Video Israel-vote-left,FOCUS JERUSALEM The Israeli left, once the country's dominant political force, has become an endangered species, with the mainstream Labour party severely weakened and the social-democrat Meretz fighting to stay in parliament. 700 words moved by Claire Gounon and Stephen Weizman. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Cameroon-unrest-anglophone-rights,WRAP YAOUNDE Human Rights Watch accuses Cameroon's armed forces of taking part in the killing of at least 21 civilians this month in a region where troops are battling anglophone separatists. 600 words moved by Emmanuel Giroud. File picture. Graphic SAfrica-economy-politics-budget CAPE TOWN South Africa's finance minister is expected to walk a tightrope during the annual budget presentation to parliament, as the economy teeters on the edge of a fiscal cliff. 570 words moved by Tanya Steenkamp with Michelle Gumde in Johannesburg. File picture Togo-energy-renewable-solar, FOCUS TAKPAPIENI, Togo Not so long ago, whenever he wanted to watch a football match or recharge his phone, Ousmane Kantcho had to go "into town" -- a 15-kilometre (nine-mile) ride by bicycle on poor roads in the savannah. 700 words moved. Picture. Video afp
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