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Fistfights broke out in Venezuela's parliament on Tuesday during an angry session linked to the South American nation's bitter election dispute.
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Jan 4- President Dilma Rousseff's big bet in 2013 is that Brazil has matured enough to escape from a financial straitjacket that markets have imposed since the 1990 s, when inflation soared beyond 2,000 percent and the state was virtually bankrupt.
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SAO PAULO, Jan 4- Brazil's Northeast is suffering its worst drought in decades, threatening hydro-power supplies in an area prone to blackouts and potentially slowing economic growth in one of the country's emerging agricultural frontiers.
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SAO PAULO, Jan 4- Brazilian investment banks overtook foreign rivals in managing global debt offerings by the nation's government and companies last year, capturing the lion's share of a 67 percent surge in fees, Thomson Reuters data showed on Friday.
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SAO PAULO, Jan 4- Brazilian investment banks overtook foreign rivals in managing global debt offerings by the nation's government and companies last year, capturing the lion's share of a 67 percent surge in fees, Thomson Reuters data showed on Friday.
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SEOUL- South Korea's president-elect said on Friday that Japan needed to come to terms with its colonial history as tension between two Asian allies of the United States simmered over Japan's rule of Korea and an island dispute.
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*LME copper may retrace to $7,970/ T- technicals. SINGAPORE, Jan 4- London copper lost 1 percent on Friday, extending losses from the previous session as the euphoria surrounding the U.S. fiscal deal fizzled and investors turned their focus to the uncertain global economic recovery.
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SINGAPORE, Jan 4- London copper fell on Friday, extending losses from the previous session when U.S. *The most-traded April copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange gained 0.9 percent to 58,360 yuan a tonne, in the first trading session of 2013..
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WASHINGTON- Offshore rig contractor Transocean Ltd has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to settle U.S. government charges arising from BP Plc's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010..
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*Soybeans down for 3rd session as China canceled orders. NEW YORK, Jan 3- Commodities prices on Thursday surrendered some of the previous session's gains, hit by signs that Federal Reserve officials are increasingly concerned about the potential risks of its asset purchases on financial markets.
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NEW YORK, Jan 3- With its low cost of living, balmy climate and cheap property prices, Ecuador has been ranked the top foreign retirement destination for North Americans for the fifth consecutive year.
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*Ivory Coast cocoa arrivals pick up. LONDON, Jan 3- Raw sugar futures slid on Thursday as the market refocused on bearish fundamentals after it was swept higher in the rally across the commodities complex the previous session. It all comes back to the surplus, "said a London- based broker.
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Cocoa prices were little changed as arrivals at ports in top producer Ivory Coast picked up, while raw sugar prices were lower.
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NEW YORK/ LONDON, Jan 3- Raw sugar futures on ICE Futures U.S. fell more than 3 percent on Thursday, while arabica coffee turned lower after hitting a seven-week high, as commodities came under pressure with the dollar rising on concerns about looming U.S. political battles over the budget.
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BRASILIA, Jan 2- Five countries have banned imports of Brazilian beef after a case of atypical mad cow disease was confirmed last month, Brazil's foreign trade secretary Tatiana Prazeres said on Wednesday.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 3- An offshore oil prospect owned by Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Barra Energia, QGEP Participacoes SA and Portugal's Galp Energia SGPS SA will have significant flows when it starts output later this decade, a project partner told investors on Thursday.
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BRASILIA, Jan 2- Brazil's state-led oil company Petrobras said on Wednesday it found more good quality oil in a deepwater field, raising the output potential in one of the world's most promising oil frontiers.
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*Global shares jump after U.S. Congress passes budget deal. NEW YORK, Jan 2- Global stocks jumped 2 percent or more and commodities rallied on Wednesday after U.S. legislators struck a deal to halt a round of automatic fiscal tightening that threatened to push the world's largest economy into recession.
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BUENOS AIRES, Jan 2- Dry weather that has allowed Argentine farmers to speed soy and corn planing over recent weeks is expected to last until mid-January, setting the stage for big harvests as early-season flooding gives way to a blazing Southern Hemisphere summer sun.
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BRASILIA, Jan 2- Six countries have banned imports of Brazilian beef, including No. 6 importer Chile, since a case of atypical mad cow disease was confirmed last month, Brazil's foreign trade secretary Tatiana Prazeres said on Wednesday.
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*Brazil's 2012 trade surplus down 35 pct from prior year. Brazil's trade surplus fell 35 percent to $19.44 billion from the prior year, the weakest performance since 2002, Trade Ministry data showed on Wednesday. Brazil's exports fell 5.3 percent to $242.58 billion in 2012, and imports dropped 1.4 percent to $223.14 billion.