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KABUL, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban on Tuesday
offered to protect major government projects, such as the mining
of a big copper deposit and an international natural gas
pipeline project, to allow them to get off the ground after
years of delay.

SYDNEY, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission is investigating a $3 billion impairment charge
booked by miner Rio Tinto in 2013 on the value of a
Mozambican coal asset, two sources familiar with the matter said
on Tuesday.

DOHA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Qatar Navigation's
purchase of Qatar Petroleum's stake in oilfield
services firm Al Shaheen Holding has been delayed, the chairman
of the shipping firm known as Milaha told Reuters on Tuesday.

BEIJING, Nov 29 (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday it hoped
for a "clear" message to be sent with new UN sanctions on North
Korea over its nuclear programme, but would not comment on the
draft, saying there had been too much speculation about the
details.

MOSCOW, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Russia's Rosneft should
submit proposals to the government by Dec. 1 about how it thinks
its privatisation should be conducted, Kremlin economic aide
Andrey Belousov told reporters on Tuesday.

PARIS, Nov 29 (Reuters) - French foreign affairs minister
Jean-Marc Ayrault called on Tuesday for an immediate United
Nations Security Council meeting to discuss the situation in the
Syrian city of Aleppo, which has been devastated by fighting.

* OPEC members disagree over who should cut output and by
how much

PARIS, Nov 29 (Reuters) - French foreign affairs minister
Jean-Marc Ayrault called on Tuesday for an immediate United
Nations Security Council meeting to discuss the situation in the
Syrian city of Aleppo, which has been devastated by fighting.

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SINGAPORE/TOKYO, Nov 29 (Reuters) - For the first time since
2008, OPEC is set to strike a deal to cut oil output that may
boost prices. It may also give itself a bloody nose in Asia,
where big buyers are ramping up supplies from elsewhere and say
they don't want to pay more for fuel.

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