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    1. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 18 Mar 2020

      #BREAKING UK COVID-19 deaths jump to 104, according to health authoritiespic.twitter.com/sTkFPBMLs5

      13 replies 399 retweets 389 likes
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    2. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 18 Mar 2020

      #BREAKING Italy reports 475 new deaths, highest one-day toll of any nationpic.twitter.com/n5QQOuDdxZ

      163 replies 1,895 retweets 1,256 likes
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    3. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 18 Mar 2020

      #BREAKING UK schools to close from Friday over coronavirus, says governmentpic.twitter.com/tMBX4j5cY2

      10 replies 153 retweets 237 likes
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      AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 18 Mar 2020

      #BREAKING Merkel says coronavirus "biggest challenge for Germany since WW2"pic.twitter.com/bLxiaSh1hZ

      10:36 AM - 18 Mar 2020
      • 513 Retweets
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      • TyrQne 11:11 🔴 🦘🇦🇺 Vinod Chaurasia ShorsheFeelish 🇮🇳 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗭𝗲𝗻 🚩 अभिषेक जैन इमरजेंसी यादव Paul Duarte Abdulrazak Mukhtar 😷 Tre 🇺🇸🗿 (1-2-0) PIT
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        2. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 18 Mar 2020

          #BREAKING France reports 89 new coronavirus deaths in last 24 hours, according to officialpic.twitter.com/nc2ujbuWyq

          9 replies 229 retweets 194 likes
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        3. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 18 Mar 2020

          #BREAKING French police imposed over 4,000 fines Wednesday for violating lockdown rules, says ministerpic.twitter.com/939YqSR0LP

          8 replies 162 retweets 188 likes
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        4. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 18 Mar 2020

          #UPDATE Italy reported nearly 500 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, the highest one-day official toll of any nation, as Donald Trump ordered sweeping new action against the pandemic and declared himself a war presidenthttp://u.afp.com/3Sg5 

          6 replies 153 retweets 149 likes
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        5. AFP News Agency‏Verified account @AFP 18 Mar 2020

          #BREAKING Australian airline Qantas to cut all international flightspic.twitter.com/zKr22RnaZs

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        1. Count Mo‏ @Mast3rmo 18 Mar 2020
          Replying to @AFP @ComfortablySmug

          challenge?

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        1. Beezy‏ @livinwithmywife 18 Mar 2020
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          pic.twitter.com/iKp1mKdWPo

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        1. Gerry‏ @gwbarnes3 18 Mar 2020
          Replying to @AFP

          ???? Hungarian invasion by Soviets? Czechoslovakia invasion by the same? Cuban Missile Crisis? Solidarity movement, where Soviets considered invasion of Poland?

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        2. Art Vandelay‏ @CoreyTreversen 18 Mar 2020
          Replying to @mike__marchese @AFP @ComfortablySmug

          Or good?

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