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Australia announces A$1 billion clean energy fund, in break with past

SYDNEY, March 23 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Wednesday said the country would establish a A$1 billion ($761.60 million) clean-energy innovation fund, in a major departure from his predecessor's much maligned approach to combating climate change.

Mounting debts could derail China plans to cut steel, coal glut

* China to cut capacity in coal, steel, nonferrous metals, cement

Albanian Eagle LNG eyes first gas in 2020

Eagle LNG is hoped to be part of the solution to the Balkan region's dreadful record of gas interconnection and offer a cheaper, more flexible alternative to competing projects.

UPDATE 2-Brazil's Rousseff says 'will never resign,' Lula meets Senate leader

BRASILIA, March 22 (Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff said on Tuesday she will not resign in Brazil's worst political crisis in two decades, calling an opposition move to impeach her a "coup d'etat" against democratic rule because she had committed no crime.

UPDATE 1-China says Philippines fishermen used fire bombs in S.China Sea

BEIJING, March 22 (Reuters) - Philippines fishermen threw fire bombs at Chinese law enforcement vessels in the South China Sea, China's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, after Philippines media reported that fishermen had been struck by bottles hurled from China's coast guard ships.

UPDATE 1-Nigeria plans to spend $1.7 billion in next quarter to revive economy

LAGOS, March 22 (Reuters) - Nigeria's government will pump 350 billion naira ($1.76 billion)in the next quarter into Africa's biggest economy hit hard by a slump in oil revenues, its finance minister said on Tuesday as parliament prepares to pass a much-delayed budget.

UPDATE 1-Petrobras reinventing itself after oil price drop -CFO

March 22 (Reuters) - Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras is being forced to turn itself into a smaller operation as crude prices have fallen more than expected, making it impossible to finance its once-ambitious plans, the company's chief financial officer said on Tuesday.

UPDATE 1-Congo's Sassou Nguesso leading in presidential poll

BRAZZAVILLE, March 22 (Reuters) - Congo Republic's President Denis Sassou Nguesso held a clear lead in Sunday's election to extend his long rule, preliminary results showed on Tuesday, as an internet and phone blackout was extended into a third day.

U.S., allies should boost intel sharing after Belgium attacks - Clinton to CNN

WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) - Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday the United States and its allies should work to better coordinate intelligence following the Belgium attacks and increase the security near airports and other soft targets.

UPDATE 2-SunEdison in debtor-in-possession financing talks-Debtwire

March 22 (Reuters) - Embattled solar company SunEdison Inc is in talks with holders of its second-lien loans to fund a debtor-in-possession financing facility, Debtwire reported, citing two sources familiar with the matter.

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