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Lebanon's energy demand has jumped as hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees have fled into Lebanon to escape the war in their country. But Lebanon may have found a fix.
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SEOUL/ BEIJING- North Korea sent one of its top military officials as a "special envoy" from its leader Kim Jong- un to Beijing on Wednesday, accompanied by a high-powered delegation in what appeared to be a bid to mend frayed relations with its most important ally.
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WASHINGTON- Two senior White House aides knew weeks ago that a probe of the Internal Revenue Service had found that the U.S. tax agency had inappropriately targeted conservative groups, but did not tell President Barack Obama, a White House spokesman said on Monday.
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*U.N. says Syria conflict a humanitarian catastrophe. LONDON, May 17- Syria has managed to increase its grain imports in recent months after a period when it was less active on international markets, traders say, a development that suggests President Bashar al-Assad has found a way to feed his people despite war.
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*Cyprus gas could provide 40 pct of new EU needs. BRUSSELS/ NICOSIA, May 16- Cyprus could use its reserves of gas to meet up to 40 percent of Europe's additional gas needs over the next decade, helping to curb the European Union's reliance on Russia, the head of the island's national gas firm said.
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Two contestants are from civil war-ravaged Syria, including a singer-composer whose bus was ambushed by gunmen en route to her audition and a music student who brought judges to tears with a song lamenting the devastation of his hometown of Aleppo.
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*Nusra Front only competitor to tribes. BEIRUT, May 10- In Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zor, a network of tribes and smugglers has exploited the chaos of war to create an illicit oil trade that makes European hopes of buying crude from President Bashar al-Assad's opponents a distant prospect.
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*Lebanon economy shrinks 1 pct for every 5 pct drop in Syria. BEIRUT, May 9- The economic devastation of Syria's war could drive the economies of neighbouring Lebanon and Jordan into reverse, Syria's former deputy prime minister said on Thursday.
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TRIPOLI, May 9- Libya's central bank governor said on Thursday he expects the economy to grow 18 percent this year despite a deepening crisis threatening the government's ability to press ahead with its agenda.
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*Abu Dhabi zone may compete with Dubai in all areas. ABU DHABI/ DUBAI, May 8- For a decade, Dubai has prospered as the Middle East's top financial centre, handling tens of billions of dollars of oil wealth.
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*One in three people deemed in need of help in Syria* U.N. faces bureaucratic hurdles to deliver aid* But more convoys crossing front lines, it says By Stephanie Nebehay. GENEVA, May 7- Bureaucratic hurdles still hamper delivery of aid in Syria where nearly one in three people need help, half of them children, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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STOCKS NEWS Reuters Results diary Stocks on the move Real-time Equity News 1756 GMT 07 May13- Ghana index rises on CAL Bank, Ghana Oil Co.-----------------------------------------------------------------------. Shares in CAL Bank and Ghana Oil Company rise on Tuesday, helping the GSE Composite Index record its second rise in a row.
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UNITED NATIONS, May 7- The U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon has protested to Israel after it observed increased violations of Lebanese air space by Israel, which carried out raids in Syria to target what it said were Iranian missiles bound for Hezbollah militants.
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*One in three people deemed in need of help in Syria. GENEVA, May 7- Bureaucratic hurdles still hamper delivery of aid in Syria where nearly one in three people need help, half of them children, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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ANKARA, May 7- Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan condemned on Tuesday Israeli air strikes on targets near Damascus, saying they were an opportunity for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government to cover up its own killings. "The air strike Israel carried out on Damascus is completely unacceptable.
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*Israelis hit air defences overlooking Damascus. Around Damascus the warplanes staged a series of raids in the early hours of Sunday including on President Bashar al-Assad's air defences, opposition and rebel sources said.
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ANKARA, May 7- Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan condemned on Tuesday Israeli air strikes on targets near Damascus, saying they were an opportunity for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government to cover up its own killings. "The air strike Israel carried out on Damascus is completely unacceptable.
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*The Ontario government will draw up new rules to make sure local residents have a say in where future power plants and other energy infrastructure is built, in a bid to avoid a repeat of the costly cancellation of two gas plants before the 2011 election.
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STOCKS NEWS Reuters Results diary Stocks on the move Real-time Equity News 0859 GMT 07 May13- MTN drops as Ivory Coast threatens to withdraw licence------------------------------------------------------------------------. Ivory Coast, French-speaking West Africa's largest economy, has around 18 million mobile phone subscribers out of a total estimated population of 24 million.
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STOCKS NEWS Reuters Results diary Stocks on the move Real-time Equity News 0859 GMT 07 May13- MTN drops as Ivory Coast threatens to withdraw licence------------------------------------------------------------------------. Ivory Coast, French-speaking West Africa's largest economy, has around 18 million mobile phone subscribers out of a total estimated population of 24 million.
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ABIDJAN, May 6- Ivory Coast mobile telecoms companies risk losing their licences if they do not improve their poor levels of service, a minister said on Monday.