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CANADA STOCKS-TSX rises to a 4-month high as oil rally boosts energy, financials

TORONTO, March 17 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose to a four-month high on Thursday as higher oil prices supported energy stocks, while the financial and industrial sectors also gained.

Libya's U.N.-backed government to move to Tripoli within days -PM

TRIPOLI, March 17 (Reuters) - Libya's U.N.-backed unity government will move to Tripoli "within a few days", its prime minister said in a television interview broadcast on Thursday.

TransCanada to buy Columbia Pipeline Group in $13 bln deal

March 17 (Reuters) - TransCanada Corp, the company behind the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline project, said it had agreed to buy U.S. natural gas pipeline operator Columbia Pipeline Group Inc in a deal valued at $13 billion.

UPDATE 1-World Court to draw up Nicaragua-Colombia maritime boundary

AMSTERDAM/BOGOTA, March 17 (Reuters) - The International Court of Justice on Thursday said it would consider a claim by Nicaragua to expand its maritime boundaries in a mineral-rich part of the Caribbean Sea toward Colombia, a ruling set to further strain relations between the two countries.

EDF unions leave works council in protest over Hinkley Point

PARIS, March 17 (Reuters) - Unions at French state-controlled utility EDF withdrew from a works council in protest over France's decision to push ahead with a 18 billion pound ($25.7 billion) UK nuclear reactor project at Hinkley Point.

UPDATE 1-Morocco says resumes contacts with EU after court row

RABAT, March 17 (Reuters) - Morocco said on Thursday it was resuming contacts with European Union institutions after the bloc's senior diplomat promised to resolve a crisis triggered by a European Court ruling on a trade deal.

U.S. says to cooperate with investigations into genocide by Islamic State

WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - The United States will cooperate with independent efforts to investigate acts of genocide committed by Islamic State and do all it can to bring perpetrators to justice, the White House said on Thursday.

UPDATE 2-Mexico's Cemex lifts cash flow target, may sell more assets

MEXICO CITY, March 17 (Reuters) - Mexican cement maker Cemex said on Thursday it will raise its 2016 cash flow target by 75 percent and may sell $300 million in real estate assets as part of a cost-cutting effort to regain its investment-grade rating.

Russia's Lavrov discusses Syria, oil with Qatari foreign minister

MOSCOW, March 17 (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a phone conversation with Qatar's Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani on Thursday, Russia's Foreign Ministry said.

REFILE-Congo's entrenched Sassou Nguesso seeks to extend presidency in poll

* One of several long-standing leaders seeking to extend rule

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