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    1. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 9 Mar 2020

      #BREAKING Saudi shares tumble 9.2% at start of tradingpic.twitter.com/mDNm4c2UIX

      4 replies . 67 retweets 69 likes
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    2. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 9 Mar 2020

      #UPDATE Equity markets collapsed Monday as the rapidly spreading #coronavirus fans fears for the global economy, while a crash in oil prices added to the panic http://u.afp.com/3iRs pic.twitter.com/sjctt46eGq

      4 replies . 48 retweets 58 likes
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    3. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 9 Mar 2020

      #BREAKING London, Frankfurt stocks slump 8%; Paris sinks 4%pic.twitter.com/rXibq2waiw

      1 reply . 88 retweets 61 likes
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    4. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 9 Mar 2020

      #BREAKING Coronavirus set to cause first annual decline in oil use since 2009: IEApic.twitter.com/cN6EmpbJFY

      4 replies . 35 retweets 54 likes
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    5. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 9 Mar 2020

      #BREAKING Japan baseball league to delay season over #coronavirus: commissionerpic.twitter.com/RsxFPayLZh

      2 replies . 26 retweets 27 likes
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    6. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 9 Mar 2020

      Equity markets have collapsed as the rapidly spreading #coronavirus fans fears for the global economy, while a crash in oil prices added to the panic with energy firms taking a hammering and wiping hundreds of billions off valuationshttp://u.afp.com/3iDu 

      2 replies . 44 retweets 42 likes
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    7. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 9 Mar 2020

      #BREAKING Iran announces 43 new coronavirus deaths, raising toll to 237pic.twitter.com/Dg8VjDhTFE

      1 reply . 35 retweets 36 likes
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    8. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 9 Mar 2020

      #BREAKING Number of coronavirus cases worldwide crosses 110,000: AFP tollpic.twitter.com/XwzoSZU5ur

      7 replies . 63 retweets 67 likes
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    9. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 9 Mar 2020

      #UPDATE The world is set for its first annual decline in oil consumption in more than a decade due to the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, according to the IEAhttp://u.afp.com/3iz6 

      2 replies . 39 retweets 50 likes
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    10. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 9 Mar 2020

      #UPDATE Global oil markets plunged almost a third Monday, the biggest drop since the 1991 Gulf War as Saudi Arabia slashed prices in a battle for market share after Russia rejected OPEC calls for deep output cuts. http://u.afp.com/3iHQ 

      8 replies . 77 retweets 78 likes
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      AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 9 Mar 2020

      #BREAKING Germany reports first two coronavirus deaths: officialspic.twitter.com/kGsn4Ut69T

      8:48 am - 9 Mar 2020
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      • 🇺🇸#StandWithUkraine🇺🇦 住田 朋久 😷 SUMIDA Tomohisa Jay Nagy servisyinegeckaldi jean arthur Αθανάσιος Z 🇬🇷 Lonewolf Ethan ledrahao
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        2. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 9 Mar 2020

          #BREAKING Cyprus reports 2 coronavirus cases, all EU states now hitpic.twitter.com/FBQYaTdUbK

          6 replies . 106 retweets 89 likes
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        3. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 9 Mar 2020

          #BREAKING Dublin to cancel St Patrick's Day Parade over coronavirus: Irish mediapic.twitter.com/5lH62wFxJZ

          3 replies . 65 retweets 66 likes
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        1. Oscar Martinsen‏ @OscarMartinsen 9 Mar 2020
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          Saka saka abi.....

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        1. Muschelschloss  💬  📎‏ @Muschelschloss 9 Mar 2020
          Replying to @AFP

          Muschelschloss  💬  📎 Retweeted Muschelschloss  💬  📎

          two deaths in Germany - 1 in Heinsberg and 1 in Essen - https://twitter.com/Muschelschloss/status/1237035006935158784 … #CoronaVirus

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          Muschelschloss  💬  📎 @Muschelschloss
          Millionen für #Bayern/s Wirtschaft w. #CoronaVirus - Wirtschaftsminister @HubertAiwanger (#FreieWähler) erwartet eine zweimonatige Pause für Messen im Freistaat. "Ich gehe davon aus, dass in Bayern bis Mitte Mai keine Messen mehr stattfinden werden" https://www.pnp.de/nachrichten/bayern/Millionen-fuer-Bayerns-Wirtschaft-wegen-Corona-3629850.html … pic.twitter.com/LEukB2G60G
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        1. anton newcombe‏Verified account @antonnewcombe 9 Mar 2020
          Replying to @AFP

          x 2 x 89,000,000 soon

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        2. DrT  🇬🇷 🇺🇲 🇺🇦‏ @tskould 9 Mar 2020
          Replying to @Aryanaura @AFP

          You mean Nature ?? Because compared to China Italy's and US's response will be many times worse and lead to further spreading...

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        1. SpyRus ViRus‏ @AsarkoS_ 9 Mar 2020
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          @VladKa_de ξεκίνησε και σε εσάς

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