BRAZZAVILLE, March 19 (Reuters) - Congo Republic's government has ordered the country's two largest telecommunications providers to block all communications during a presidential election on Sunday and again on Monday, a government source said on Saturday.
MOSCOW, March 19 (Reuters) - The rouble will probably be stronger than previously expected but is likely to remain weaker than 60 roubles per dollar, Russia's Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said on Saturday.
ALGIERS, March 19 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's North Africa branch has claimed responsibility for Friday's rocket-propelled grenade attack on an Algerian gas plant operated by Norway's Statoil and BP as part of its "war on the Crusader interests everywhere".
VANCOUVER, March 18 (Reuters) - Canada's Environment Minister on Friday approved a liquefied natural gas export project proposed by Woodfibre LNG in British Columbia, after an environmental review found the project was "not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects."
PARIS, March 18 (Reuters) - Total said on Friday executive committee member and new energies head Philippe Boisseau, who led the oil major into solar power, would quit next month and confirmed a newspaper report it aims to produce solar energy within two decades.
March 18 (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas speculators cut their net short positions for the first week in five as the market started to focus on the upcoming summer when analysts expect prices to rise, shrugging off the last weeks of what has been a warmer-than-normal winter.
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