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UPDATE 1-New quake, magnitude 6.2, strikes off Ecuador coast

PEDERNALES, Ecuador, April 20 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.2
earthquake shook Ecuador's coast early on Wednesday, terrifying
locals and impeding rescuers after a bigger weekend quake
battered the same area and killed nearly 500 people.

UPDATE 1-Evacuation from blockaded Syrian towns begins, witness says

BEIRUT, April 20 (Reuters) - The evacuation of 250 Syrians
from two towns blockaded by pro-government forces near the
Lebanese border began on Wednesday, a witness told Reuters,
after an agreement was reached which also allowed for another
250 people to leave two other towns blocked off by Syrian rebels
in northwestern Syria.

The Future of the Residential Solar Value Proposition

In the business of distributed solar energy, net-energy metering (NEM) and rate cases are eroding the old value proposition of simply cutting electric bills. Don’t fret! The techniques we have used to sell solar have already changed more than once in the last 10 years. This is another iteration and not the end of the world. So before looking into the future of where solar customer acquisition is going, let’s step back in time and learn from where it has been.

Another quake, magnitude 6.2, strikes off Ecuador coast

COJIMIES, Ecuador, April 20 (Reuters) - A 6.2 earthquake
shook the coast of Ecuador on Wednesday, just days after a
bigger quake battered the area and killed nearly 500 people in a
blow to the country's already fragile economy.

Iraq's Sadr calls for protests to bring about new government - statement

BAGHDAD, April 20 (Reuters) - Iraq's powerful Shi'ite cleric
Moqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday called for renewed protests after
the nation's politicians missed a deadline he gave to vote on a
cabinet of technocrats proposed by Prime Minister Haider
al-Abadi to tackle corruption.

GCC, US agree joint patrols to block Iran arms to Yemen-Zayani

DUBAI, April 20 (Reuters) - Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
countries and the United States have agreed to carry out joint
patrols to stop any Iranian arms shipments reaching Yemen, the
bloc's secretary general, Abdullatif al-Zayani, said on
Wednesday.

UPDATE 1-South Sudan peace deal at risk over rebel leader's delay - monitors

* US, UN concerned by Machar's delay

(Adds accusations by government, rebel leader about delay)

UPDATE 2-Another quake, magnitude 6.2, strikes off Ecuador coast

COJIMIES, Ecuador, April 20 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.2
earthquake struck off the coast of Ecuador on Wednesday, just
days after a major quake hit the country killing nearly 500
people.

Russia says Dutch ruling stops Yukos shareholders' asset seizures

AMSTERDAM, April 20 (Reuters) - Russia said a Dutch court's
ruling in the $50 billion Yukos arbitration dispute meant the
defunct oil giant's shareholders could no longer sue in national
courts around the world in order to seize Russian state assets
in compensation.

UPDATE 1-Venezuela minister warns oil prices may collapse if producers don't talk

MOSCOW, April 20 (Reuters) - Venezuelan Oil Minister Eulogio
Del Pino warned on Wednesday that global oil stocks were nearly
full and the oil price could collapse if producers did not
resume talks about freezing output levels.

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