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TOKYO, July 17 (Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of
5.0 struck eastern Japan on Sunday, Japan's Meteorological
Agency and the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, rattling
buildings in Tokyo.

ASHGABAT, July 16 (Reuters) - Turkmenistan's gross domestic
product growth slowed to 6.1 percent in the first half of 2016
from 9.1 percent a year earlier, official newspaper Neutral
Turkmenistan reported on Saturday.

* Turkey also important transit route for Black Sea grain

(Updates with ban lifted, tankers queue)

DUBAI, July 16 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia welcomed Turkish
President Tayyip Erdogan's success in prevailing against a coup
attempt, state news agency SPA quoted a foreign ministry
official as saying on Saturday.

ISTANBUL, July 16 (Reuters) - Maritime authorities shut
Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait to transiting tankers on Saturday
"for security and safety" reasons, shipping agent GAC said,
after what the government said was an attempted coup by a
faction in the military.

CLEVELAND, July 15 (Reuters) - A handful of donors to the
Republican National Convention have withdrawn pledges and
fund-raising has stalled during Donald Trump's polarizing bid
for the presidency, leading organizers to ask casino mogul
Sheldon Adelson for an urgent donation.

SAO PAULO, July 15 (Reuters) - Brazil's federal prosecutors
and state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA said
they signed a leniency deal on Friday with Netherlands
shipleasing firm SBM Offshore NV aimed at obtaining
more evidence in the South American country's widest-ever
corruption probe.

SAO PAULO, July 15 (Reuters) - Brazil's federal prosecutors
said they signed a leniency deal on Friday with Netherlands
shipleasing firm SBM Offshore NV aimed at obtaining
more evidence in the South American country's widest-ever
corruption probe.

NEW YORK, July 15 (Reuters) - Oil prices extended gains in
late trading on Friday after Turkey's armed forces said they had
taken power in the country, igniting concerns about potential
disruptions to shipments along one of the world's busiest
shipping routes.

LONDON, July 15 (Reuters) - ExxonMobil subsidiary
Mobil Producing Nigeria has declared force majeure on exports of
Nigeria's Qua Iboe crude oil, the country's largest export
stream, a spokesman said on Friday.

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