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Amid strains, Qatar urges Iran, Gulf Arabs to be good neighbours

DUBAI, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Qatar's Emir called for good
neighbourly relations between Gulf Arabs and Iran in a telephone
call with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Qatar media
reported, amid fresh strains between regional rivals Saudi
Arabia and Iran over the haj pilgrimage.

Taiwan's commodities companies brace for another super typhoon

SINGAPORE/MELBOURNE, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Taiwan's
commodities industry was preparing on Tuesday for heavy wind and
flooding as Typhoon Meranti hurtled towards the south of the
island, threatening to disrupt grain and oil shipments from its
major port and a lead refinery.

UPDATE 1-Libyan commander's seizure of oil ports risks new conflict

* Response from Misrata forces still uncertain

(Updates with Western reaction)

RPT-Libyan commander's seizure of oil ports risks new conflict

TUNIS/BENGHAZI, Libya, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Libyan forces
loyal to eastern commander Khalifa Haftar said on Monday they
had tightened their control over four major oil ports, casting a
Western-backed project to unite Libya and revive oil exports
into deep uncertainty.

Five and a half years after Fukushima, 3 of Japan's 54 nuclear reactors are operating

(Tue, 13 Sep 2016) Since the accident at Fukushima Daiichi in March 2011 and the subsequent shutdown of nuclear reactors in Japan, five reactors have received approval to restart operations under the new safety standards imposed by Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA). Only three of those reactors are currently operating.

COLUMN-Coking coal bubble to deflate, unlikely to burst: Russell

LAUNCESTON, Australia, Sept 13 (Reuters) - When the price of
a commodity rises by 117 percent in a mere 15 weeks, it's
generally a sign that something is amiss in the market, and
coking coal's recent stellar run is no exception to this rule.

China CEFC acquires stake in Chad oil blocks from Taiwan's CPC

SHANGHAI, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Privately run CEFC China
Energy has agreed to acquire a 35 percent stake in oil blocks in
Chad from Taiwan's state-owned Chinese Petroleum Corp for about
$110 million, according to CEFC company executives.

UPDATE 1-China Aug crude oil output drops nearly 10 pct to more than 6-yr low

* Sinopec to open new reserves if oil holds at $45-$50
-chairman

(Adds details on crude output decline, crude runs and natural
gas output)

Brazil lower house expels ex-speaker for Swiss accounts lie

BRASILIA, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Brazil's lower house of
Congress voted on Monday to strip former speaker Eduardo Cunha
of his seat and ban him from politics for eight years for lying
about bank accounts he held in Switzerland.

UPDATE1-China's August coal output falls 11 pct on capacity cuts

BEIJING, Sept 13 (Reuters) - China's coal output fell 11
percent in August to 278 million tonnes as producers respond to
government efforts to cut overcapacity, although the pace of
monthly declines has eased.

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