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UPDATE 1-EPH to acquire Vattenfall's German lignite coal ops-sources

* Macquarie, Czech Coal have dropped out -sources (Adds background, details)

Philippines gets U.S. military aid boost amid South China Sea dispute

MANILA, April 8 (Reuters) - The United States has allocated more than $120 million in military aid to the Philippines this year, the biggest in about 15 years, a senior Filipino diplomat said on Friday, amid rising tension with China over the disputed South China Sea.

China rebuffs Vietnam criticism of oil rig move

BEIJING, April 8 (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry on Friday rebuffed Vietnam's second demand this year to move a controversial oil rig and drop plans to drill in South China Sea waters where jurisdiction is unclear, saying it was engaging in normal exploration activity.

SPECIAL REPORT-Al Qaeda emerges stronger and richer from Yemen war

DUBAI/CAIRO, April 8 (Reuters) - Once driven to near irrelevance by the rise of Islamic State abroad and security crackdowns at home, al Qaeda in Yemen now openly rules a mini-state with a war chest swollen by an estimated $100 million in looted bank deposits and revenue from running the country's third largest port.

EPH to acquire Vattenfall's German lignite coal assets -sources

PRAGUE/FRANKFURT, April 8 (Reuters) - Czech investor EPH is set to acquire Vattenfall's loss-making German lignite coal mines and associated power plants in Germany, three people familiar with the matter said on Friday.

Russia's Bashkortostan doesn't plan to sell Bashneft stake in privatisation

MOSCOW, April 8 (Reuters) - The head of Russia's Bashkortostan republic, Rustem Khamitov, told Reuters on Friday that his republic did not plan to sell its stake in oil firm Bashneft as part of a government privatisation programme. (Reporting by Olesya Astakhova; Writing by Alexander Winning, editing by Jason Bush)

UPDATE 1-Oil rises on firm US, German growth but traders warn of ongoing glut

* Moody's expects accelerating German growth on robust demand

Shell under pressure to reduce spending

LONDON, April 8 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell is under pressure from shareholders to cut annual spending below $30 billion after buying BG Group to ensure it can maintain its dividend given the slow oil price recovery.

Waste-to-energy electricity generation concentrated in Florida and Northeast

(Fri, 08 Apr 2016) At the end of 2015, the United States had 71 waste-to-energy (WTE) plants that generated electricity in 20 U.S. states, with a total generating capacity of 2.3 gigawatts. Florida contains more than one-fifth of the nation's WTE electricity generation capacity, and in 2015, Florida's Palm Beach Renewable Energy Facility Number 2 became the first new WTE plant to come online since 1995 and the largest single WTE electricity generator in the United States.

Annual Coal Distribution Report 2014

(Fri, 08 Apr 2016) The Annual Coal Distribution Report provides detailed information on U.S. domestic coal distribution for 2014 excluding waste coal and imports by coal origin state, destination state, mode of transportation, and coal consuming sector. Also, the report provides a summary of foreign coal distribution by coal-exporting state. All data for 2014 are final and this report supersedes the data published in all quarterly coal distribution reports during 2014.

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