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| - Duty Editor: James Edgar Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + World not ready to contain virus, experts warn + Sanders the target at Democratic presidential debate + Egypt's ex-president Hosni Mubarak dead at 91 + Welsh singer Duffy reveals rape ordeal Health-virus BEIJING The new coronavirus has spread to previously-untouched countries and Iran reported an alarming surge of deaths in an epidemic that health experts say the world is not ready to contain. 550 words 0200 GMT US-politics-vote,WRAP CHARLESTON, South Carolina Frontrunner Bernie Sanders is expected to come under fire from other Democratic candidates seeking to derail his push for the party's presidential nomination at a crucial debate in South Carolina ahead of the state's closely watched primary. 650 words 0130 GMT by Leila Macor, with Michael Mathes in Washington. Graphic. Picture. Video 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 0430 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 pledged 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-IT-disinformation,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO, California As the new coronavirus spreads globally, the online battle to keep misinformation about the disease is also stepping up. 800 words 0130 GMT by Glenn Chapman -- ASIA -- 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. Picture. Video Also moved: Afghanistan-conflict-US-Taliban,Q&A -- AMERICAS -- LatAm-politics-rights-women,FOCUS MONTEVIDEO Women across Latin America are organizing a wave of protests to force gender politics into the public arena amid staggering rates of femicide and highly restrictive abortion laws. 650 words 0200 GMT by Jordane Bertrand. File Picture US-internet-television-computers-Disney,WRAP SAN FRANCISCO, California Walt Disney Co. says Bob Iger is handing off the top executive post after building the media-entertainment powerhouse into the undisputed Hollywood leader. 700 words moved by Glenn Chapman -- 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 0300 GMT 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 0300 GMT by Michelle Fitzpatrick 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 0300 GMT 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 0300 GMT by Claire Gounon and Stephen Weizman. Picture. Video US-Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban-Qatar,FOCUS DOHA Providing neutral space for talks on ending Afghanistan's 18-year conflict has boosted Qatar's international profile and helped it defy a painful embargo enforced by neighbours and former allies. 780 words 0300 GMT by Gregory Walton. Picture. Video Qatar-environment-climate-recycling,FOCUS DOHA In Qatar, not often associated with zero-waste initiatives, one weekend market is bucking the trend and converting visitors to sustainable choices. 650 words 0300 GMT by Gregory Walton and Anne Levasseur. 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 0300 GMT 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 0300 GMT. Picture. Video afp
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