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DAKAR, April 28 (Reuters) - Equatorial Guinea's President
Teodoro Obiang Nguema has won re-election, securing 93.7 percent
of votes cast in an April 24 poll to extend his 37-year rule
over the Central African oil producer, a government statement
said on Thursday.

* Government says armed groups targeting universities

(Adds UN expert comment, updates clashes, fixes dateline)

CURITIBA, Brazil, April 28 (Reuters) - Brazilian prosecutors
have filed unspecified charges against political strategist Joao
Santana, the architect of President Dilma Rousseff's 2010 and
2014 campaigns, according to a statement delivered before a news
conference on Thursday.

PARIS, April 28 (Reuters) - French state-controlled nuclear
group Areva said first-quarter sales from its nuclear
fuel and uranium unit fell 0.8 percent to 826 million euros
($936 million) as uranium deliveries slowed.

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on April 25 said that its researchers have discovered that single-walled carbon nanotube semiconductors could be favorable for solar PV systems because they can potentially convert sunlight to electricity or fuels without losing much energy.

* Group also runs factories and car dealerships, levies
taxes

TORONTO, April 28 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose
on Thursday as resource stocks rose and Bombardier Inc
rallied after winning a large plane order, while the financials
group retreated.

April 28 (Reuters) - National Oilwell Varco Inc, the
largest U.S. provider of oil drilling equipment, said on
Thursday it slashed 6,000 jobs in the first quarter as weak oil
prices forced its customers to cut production and exploration.

OSLO, April 28 (Reuters) - Sweden's Vattenfall and
Norway's Statkraft reported higher first-quarter
earnings on Thursday, helped by higher hydropower output, while
fossil-fuel dependent Finnish Fortum's profit fell.

LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) - Brent prices for 2017 ended
trading above $50 per barrel on Wednesday for the first time
since mid-December following the largest and most sustained
rally in prices since the oil slump started.

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