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Nigeria arrests person suspected of bombing ENI pipeline - security official

YENAGOA, Nigeria, March 30 (Reuters) - Nigeria has arrested a person suspected of having bombed an oil pipeline belonging to Italy's ENI in the southern Delta region, a commander of a state security force said on Wednesday.

OPEC oil output rises in March as Iran, Iraq growth offsets outages

LONDON, March 30 (Reuters) - OPEC oil output is rising in March, a Reuters survey found, as higher supply from Iran after the lifting of sanctions and near-record exports from southern Iraq offset maintenance and outages in smaller producers.

UPDATE 1-U.S. crude oil stockpiles rise less than expected in week - EIA

NEW YORK, March 30 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil stockpiles rose less than expected last week as imports fell and refinery runs rose, while gasoline and distillate inventories drew down, data from the Energy Information Administration showed on Wednesday.

France says tighter corruption laws will boost growth

PARIS, March 30 (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said on Wednesday that proposed tighter anti-corruption laws and enhanced government transparency could add 0.2 percent to the country's economic output annually.

Militant interest in attacking nuclear sites stirs concern in Europe

PARIS/FRANKFURT, March 30 (Reuters) - Metre-thick concrete walls and 1950s-style analog control rooms help protect nuclear plants from bomb attacks and computer hackers, but Islamist militants are turning their attention to the atomic industry's weak spots, security experts say.

Mexico First Power Auction Awards 1,720 MW of Wind, Solar

Renewable energy developers won contracts to produce 1,720 MW of power in Mexico during the country’s first-ever private auction, after the government ended a decades-long state electricity monopoly in 2013.

UPDATE 1-Brazil leader's popularity stuck close to historic lows -poll

BRASILIA, March 30 (Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff's popularity remains close to historic lows, according to a poll on Wednesday, amid a mounting political crisis following the loss of her main coalition partner this week that increased the risk of her impeachment.

Hundreds of UK churches set to go green, switch to renewable energy-charities

LONDON, March 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - More than 400 churches in the United Kingdom plan to switch to clean energy providers for their light and heat, shifting spending of 1 million pounds ($1.4 million) to renewables from fossil fuels, two Christian charities said on Wednesday.

UPDATE 1-UK's Hammond: Russia a threat to everyone on world stage

TBILISI, March 30 (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Wednesday that Russia represented a threat to all countries because of its disregard for international norms and he offered his support to Georgia, which fought a 2008 war with Moscow.

MIDEAST STOCKS-Markets mixed, money flows to UAE

DUBAI, March 30 (Reuters) - Middle East stock markets were mixed on Wednesday as money flowed into bourses in the United Arab Emirates but many markets dropped in shrinking volumes, suggesting some investors were pulling out.

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