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| - Duty Editor: Barry Parker Tel: +33 14041 4636 -- TOP STORIES -- + Coronavirus cases top 100,000 worldwide + Saudi Princes detained in 'coup plot' + Oil prices collapse as growth fears mount + Ronaldinho arrested in fake passports row + Woody Allen memoir scrapped over backlash Health-virus,WRAP BEIJING The number of cases from the new coronavirus tops 100,000 worldwide as official data show a significant hit to China's exports after the deadly outbreak brought much of the country to a halt. 750 words 1200 GMT by Helen Roxburgh. Picture. Video. Graphic Saudi-politics-royal-crackdown,WRAP RIYADH Saudi authorities have detained three princes including King Salman's brother and nephew on charges of plotting a coup, US media report, signalling a further consolidation of power by the kingdom's de facto ruler. 600 words moved Fbl-PAR-BRA-Brazil-Paraguay-Ronaldinho-investigation,WRAP ASUNCION Former Brazilian football star Ronaldinho and his brother were arrested in Asuncion, Paraguay's public ministry says, after entering the country on fake passports. 500 words moved. Picture OPEC-oil-energy-politics,WRAP VIENNA OPEC and its allies fail to reach a deal on oil production cut after Moscow refuses to tighten supply to counter the effects of the coronavirus outbreak, sending crude prices tumbling. 650 words moved by Benoit Pelegrin. Picture. Video US-entertainment-film-books-Allen-Hachette,WRAP NEW YORK A leading publisher scraps plans to release the autobiography of filmmaker Woody Allen -- long accused of molesting his daughter -- following an outcry and a staff walkout. 600 words moved by Catherine Triomphe. File picture -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-Italy ROME Italy starts recruiting retired doctors as part of urgent efforts to bolster the healthcare system with 20,000 additional staff to fight the escalating viral epidemic. 450 words 1000 GMT by Dmitry Zaks. Picture Health-virus-epidemic-China-gender,FOCUS BEIJING China's fight against the coronavirus epidemic has triggered anger over the neglect of frontline female workers who have struggled to access menstrual products, battled with ill-fitting equipment and had their heads shaved. 700 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng Health-virus-China-social,FOCUS BEIJING An elderly man in virus-hit China pops out to use a public toilet without wearing a compulsory face mask. The next thing he knows police are ordering him into a van to be taken into quarantine. 500 words moved by Ludovic Ehret Health-virus-US-retail,SCENE LOS ANGELES Sprinting shoppers, rationed mineral water and not a roll of toilet paper to be seen: panic-buying sparked by the new coronavirus soars in Los Angeles. 450 words moved by Andrew Marszal. Picture Health-virus-China-US-diplomacy-language,lead WASHINGTON The novel coronavirus is getting a new name from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo -- the "Wuhan virus" -- despite objections from China where the illness was first detected. 500 words moved by Shaun Tandon -- EUROPE -- Europe-migrants-Turkey-Greece,WRAP PAZARKULE, Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan orders the Turkish coastguard to prevent migrants crossing the Aegean sea because of the risks as clashes erupt between migrants and Greek police on Turkey's border with Greece. 500 words 1030 GMT. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- India-unrest-religion,SCENE NEW DELHI Hazra Begum has been living in fear since witnessing men chanting Hindu religious slogans hack, bludgeon and burn Muslims to death in Delhi's worst sectarian riots in decades. 650 words moved. Video. Picture Pakistan-media-women-rights,FOCUS LAHORE He calls himself "Pakistan's biggest feminist", but soap-opera writer Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar sparked a national row this week when he hurled abuse at a women's rights activist on live television. 650 words moved by Fatima Kaneez -- AMERICAS -- US-Congress-aviation-accident-Boeing,WRAP WASHINGTON Boeing made missteps and withheld information about the 737 MAX while federal regulators failed to provide proper oversight, leading to a "fundamentally flawed" aircraft that demands tighter rules, a US congressional committee says. 600 words moved by Heather Scott US-politics-vote-gender,FOCUS WASHINGTON Elizabeth Warren's exit from the Democratic presidential race leaves America's highest glass ceiling still intact, prompting some to ask whether the country will ever be ready to put a woman in the White House. 750 words moved by Michael Mathes. Picture Haiti-government,FOCUS PORT-AU-PRINCE Haiti finally has a new government, but without a parliament capable of giving it legitimacy and without electoral prospects, the country remains paralyzed by a political crisis with potentially devastating social, economic and security consequences. 600 words moved by Amelie Baron -- AFRICA -- Guinea-constitution-vote,FOCUS CONAKRY In a dingy room reeking of blood and sweat hidden inside a gated compound in Guinea's capital Conakry, supporters of the West African state's beleaguered political opposition treat men and boys they say were injured during raids by security forces. 850 words moved by Emmet Livingstone. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ENG-Pr-ManUtd-ManCity-Fernandes,PREVIEW LONDON Bruno Fernandes can cement his status as Manchester United's new talisman when the Portugal midfielder gets his first taste of the derby rivalry with Manchester City on Sunday. 600 words moved by Steven Griffiths afp
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