BAKU, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan's security forces on
Saturday shot dead an Azeri man who tried to detonate a suicide
belt near a shopping mall in the capital Baku, the state
security service said.
BRAZZAVILLE, Dec 3 (Reuters) - One person was killed in a
fire on an oil platform operated by ENI Congo off the coast of
the Congo Republic city of Pointe-Noire, the government said.
FRANKFURT, Dec 3 (Reuters) - German semiconductor equipment
maker Aixtron will explore with its Chinese suitor
what can be salvaged of the planned takeover after a U.S.
presidential order ruled the deal posed a national security
risk, the company said on Saturday.
LIBREVILLE, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Gabon has postponed
legislative elections set for Dec. 27 until next July because of
a lack of money, the interior ministry said in a statement on
Saturday.
CANNON BALL, N.D., Dec 3 (Reuters) - U.S. military veterans
will meet with tribal leaders on Saturday as they continue to
entrench themselves in a North Dakota camp where thousands of
activists are protesting a multibillion-dollar pipeline project
near a Native American reservation.
BEIJING, Dec 3 (Reuters) - At least 38 people have died in
two separate coal mine disasters in China in the last five days,
state media said, the latest accidents in a country with a poor
record of industrial safety.
CHICAGO, Dec 2 (Reuters) - U.S. coal producer Peabody Energy
Corp said it would seek court approval to repay a
$500 million term loan ahead of schedule because it has enough
cash to operate in bankruptcy thanks to a rise in coal prices.
Dec 2 (Reuters) - Windpower developer Deepwater Wind said on
Friday its 30-megawatt wind farm located offshore from Block
Island, Rhode Island, has completed the testing phase and is
expected to start commercial operations in a few days.
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