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| - Duty Editor: Tanya Willmer Tel: +33 1 40.41.76.80 -- TOP STORIES -- + US votes in tense election + Manhunt after deadly Vienna shooting + Girl, 3 found alive after Turkey quake + Students protest after Kabul attack + Tunisia startup prints bionic hands US-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON Americans vote in an election amounting to a referendum on Donald Trump and his uniquely brash, bruising presidency that Democratic opponent and frontrunner Joe Biden is urging supporters to end so that they can "take back" democracy. 750 words 1130 GMT by Sebastian Smith with Elodie Cuzin in Pittsburgh and Ivan Couronne in Grand Rapids. Picture. Video. Graphic Austria-attack,WRAP VIENNA A huge manhunt is under way after gunmen opened fire at multiple locations across central Vienna, killing at least four people in what Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz described as a "repulsive terror attack". 700 words 1000 GMT by Jastinder Khera. Picture. Graphic. Video Also moved: Austria-attack,SCENE Also moving: Austria-attack,REAX Turkey-Greece-quake,WRAP BAYRAKLI, Turkey A three-year-old girl is pulled from the rubble 91 hours after a powerful earthquake hit western Turkey, offering a ray of hope for grieving families as the death toll rises above 100. 550 words 1030 GMT by Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi. Picture. Video. Graphic Afghanistan-conflict-shooting-university,WRAP KABUL Stunned students demonstrate outside Kabul University after at least 22 people were killed in a brutal, on-campus attack claimed by the Islamic State group. 500 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video. Graphic Tunisia-technology-prothesis,FOCUS SOUSSE, Tunisia A Tunisian startup is developing a 3D-printed bionic hand, hoping the affordable and solar-powered prosthetic will help amputees and other disabled people across Africa. 700 words moved by Caroline Nelly Perrot. Picture. Video -- US ELECTION -- US-vote-Biden-LadyGaga-Pittsburgh,SCENE PITTSBURGH Honking horns, huge American flags and pop superstar Lady Gaga: on the eve of the presidential election, Joe Biden brings an air of spectacle to workers stronghold Pittsburgh as he caps a campaign largely curtailed by the Covid-19 pandemic. 750 words moved by Elodie Cuzin. Picture. Video Also moved: US-vote-IT-politics-Facebook,FOCUS US-vote-campaign,CHRONO US-vote-campaign,POINTS US-vote-Pennsylvania,FACTS US-vote-obituaries,FOCUS US-vote-Trump,FOCUS GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, United States Donald Trump returns to Michigan -- exactly like he did in 2016 -- for the last rally of his reelection campaign, and possibly his political career. Is it superstition? Well... yes. 650 words moved by Ivan Couronne. Picture. Video US-vote-protests-Portland,FOCUS PORTLAND, Oregon, United States The FBI warns of the potential for election-linked armed clashes in Portland as the city that has become symbolic of the United States' stark divisions and knife-edge tensions braces for unrest hours before US polls open. 650 words moved by Andrew Marszal. File photo -- Please see our special advisory for full election coverage -- -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus,WRAP VIENNA Austria and Greece become the latest European nations to impose spirit-crushing curbs to combat the coronavirus surge, with a deadly attack in Vienna ahead of a partial lockdown compounding the misery. 700 words 1230 GMT by AFP bureaus. Picture. Graphic. Video Health-virus-Lebanon,FOCUS BEIRUT With coronavirus cases surging and some intensive care units reaching full capacity, Lebanon considers a second nationwide lockdown to avoid "disaster" despite an already gravely ailing economy. 600 words 1000 GMT by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture -- AFRICA -- ICoast-vote,WRAP ABIDJAN Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara is reelected to a contested third term after a vote marred by deadly unrest and a boycott by the opposition who promised to set up a rival "transitional" government. 750 words 1230 GMT by Patrick Markey and David Esnault. Picture. Video. Graphic Tanzania-vote,ANALYSIS DAR ES SALAAM Tanzanian President John Magufuli's landslide re-election has been dismissed as a sham by the opposition and diplomats who say democracy has been dealt a crushing blow in one of Africa's most stable nations. 750 words 1130 GMT. File picture. File Video. Graphic -- AMERICAS -- Weather-hurricane-CentrAm,WRAP MANAGUA, Nicaragua Hurricane Eta is hours from making landfall in Central America after gaining strength in the Caribbean Sea, threatening Honduras and Nicaragua with catastrophic winds and floods. 600 words moved. Picture. Graphic Health-virus-Peru-tourism-archaeology,SCENE MACHU PICCHU, Peru Mists hang low over Machu Picchu, adding an eerie, otherworldly atmosphere as delighted tourists enter the iconic Inca citadel for the first time after eight months of lockdown due to the coronavirus. 650 words moved by Francisco Jara. Picture. Video. Graphic -- MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA -- UAE-Sharjah-culture,FOCUS SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates It doesn't have the malls of Dubai or the mega-projects of Abu Dhabi, but the conservative Gulf emirate of Sharjah has carved out a role for itself as a cultural capital. 750 words moved by Aziz El Massassi. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-Kurds-dogs,VIDEOESSAY AD DARBASIYA, Syria On his motorbike, dog breeder Mohammed Derbas speeds across a dusty field in northeast Syria, a pack of slender Saluki greyhounds racing behind. 500 words moved by Delil Souleiman. Picture. Video -- BUSINESS/ECONOMY -- Saudi-Aramco-energy-earnings RIYADH Energy giant Saudi Aramco posts a 44.6 percent slump in third-quarter profit as the coronavirus pandemic weighs heavily on global demand for crude oil. 500 words moved by Anuj Chopra. File picture -- SPORT -- Racing-AUS MELBOURNE Irish raider Twilight Payment wins the coveted Aus$8.0 million (US$5.5 million) Melbourne Cup in a race run without spectators and marred by the death of English Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck. 550 words moved. Picture afp
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