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Czech miner NWR creditors push for aid deal to avoid insolvency

PRAGUE, April 10 (Reuters) - Creditors of troubled Czech hard coal miner New World Resources pushed on Sunday for a quick agreement with the government on state aid for its main operating subsidiary OKD to avoid its bankruptcy, saying a deal was needed next week.

Senior Iranian official summoned to court for allegedly spreading lies

BEIRUT, April 10 (Reuters) - A senior Iranian official for women's and family affairs has been summoned to court after saying a village near notorious drug smuggling routes where all the men had been executed could turn to contraband to survive.

Iranian opposition figure asks Rouhani for court hearing

BEIRUT, April 10 (Reuters) - Former Iranian presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi, under house arrest since 2011, appealed to President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday for a court hearing where he could show two elections he lost were rigged.

MIDEAST STOCKS-Food sector and firmer oil price lifts Saudi index, Egypt market dips

DUBAI, April 10 (Reuters) - Food companies buoyed the Saudi stock market on Sunday after better than expected results from the region's largest dairy food producer while a visit by the king of Saudi Arabia to Egypt failed to lift the Cairo bourse.

U.S., allies report 24 strikes in Iraq, one in Syria -coalition

WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 24 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and one in Syria on Saturday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement.

Israel to cut carbon emissions, sees $8 billion economic boost

JERUSALEM, April 10 (Reuters) - Israel's cabinet on Sunday unanimously approved a plan for reducing greenhouse gases and increasing energy efficiency to benefit the economy.

Protesters against Bangladesh power plant give two weeks for demands to be met

DHAKA, April 10 (Reuters) - Protesters opposing the construction of a Chinese-backed, coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh agreed on Sunday to halt their activities for 15 days, defusing tensions after four demonstrators were killed last week.

Staff evacuated from shuttered Libyan oil fields due to militant threat

BENGHAZI, Libya, April 10 (Reuters) - Staff have been evacuated from three oil fields in eastern Libya because of fears of attacks by Islamic State militants, but production has not been affected because the fields are shut, oil and security officials said on Sunday.

UPDATE 1-Voting begins in Chad's presidential election

N'DJAMENA, April 10 (Reuters) - Voting began on Sunday in a presidential election in Chad in which incumbent Idriss Deby is favourite to win a fifth term and extend a tenure that began in 1990.

Voting begins in Chad's presidential election

N'DJAMENA, April 10 (Reuters) - Voting began on Sunday in a presidential election in Chad in which incumbent Idriss Deby is expected to win a fifth term in office and extend a tenure that began in 1990.

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