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RIYADH, April 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama
aired his human rights concerns with Saudi Arabia's King Salman
on Wednesday, but his talking points on that subject are
expected to be get less attention when he meets Gulf Arab
monarchs on Thursday.

CURITIBA, Brazil, April 20 (Reuters) - In a Brazil deeply
divided by the battle to oust President Dilma Rousseff, one
sentiment unites ordinary people on both sides of the
impeachment fight - outrage against corruption.

SYDNEY, April 21 (Reuters) - From trimming menus in staff
canteens to cutting back on soap and washing detergent at worker
camps, the global mining industry that once lavished perks on
employees is scrimping like never before as a brutal downturn
engulfs minerals markets.

More than a year after Prime Minister David Cameron publicly announced support for the Perpetuus Tidal Energy Center (PTEC), Great Britain’s Marine Management Organization (MMO) issued a license on April 20 to Royal HaskoningDHV to deploy and operate a proposed 30-MW tidal array at the center, located off the Isle of Wight.

OTTAWA, April 20 (Reuters) - It could take Canada more than
three years to recover from a shock caused by low oil prices,
Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz said on Wednesday, citing
persistently negative factors in the economy.

* Venezuela says prices could crash again within weeks

(Adds Venezuela oil minister comments)

BRASILIA, April 20 (Reuters) - Beleaguered Brazilian
President Dilma Rousseff will travel to New York in a bid to
rally international support against her impeachment, leaving
behind a Cabinet paralyzed by political crisis as another
minister defected on Wednesday.

CARACAS, April 20 (Reuters) - Venezuela's proposal "for now"
is that non-OPEC producers who participated in the recent Doha
meeting to try to address a global oil glut attend a June OPEC
meeting as observers, the South American country's oil minister
said on Wednesday.

HOUSTON, April 20 (Reuters) - At least eight people have
died and some 1,150 homes have been damaged in flooding
triggered by torrential downpours in the Houston area this week
as more rain fell in the region on Wednesday adding to vast
pools of standing water.

April 20 (Reuters) - U.S. pipeline operator Kinder Morgan
Inc reported a lower first-quarter profit and further
cut its 2016 capital budget as a result of a prolonged slump in
crude oil prices.

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