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UPDATE 1-France pledges to help EDF make Hinkley Point happen

CIVAUX, France, March 17 (Reuters) - The French government wants state-controlled utility EDF to push ahead with a UK nuclear reactor project at Hinkley Point and is ready to give it the financial support it needs, Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday.

UPDATE 1-Finland sells stake in defence group Patria to Norway's Kongsberg

HELSINKI, March 17 (Reuters) - The Finnish government said on Thursday it would sell 49.9 percent of the shares in defence group Patria to Norway's state-controlled Kongsberg Gruppen for 272 million euros ($308 million).

Protesters clash ahead of swearing-in of Lula in Brazil

BRASILIA, March 17 (Reuters) - Supporters of leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva clashed briefly with opponents of his Workers' Party on Thursday outside the presidential palace, where he was due to be sworn in as President Dilma Rousseff's chief of staff.

REFILE-Sudan threatens to close border with South Sudan again

KHARTOUM, March 17 (Reuters) - Sudan will close its recently reopened border with South Sudan once again if that country persists in its support for armed rebel groups, presidential aide Ibrahim Mahmoud said on Thursday.

Shell, Aramco U.S. refining breakup lets both pursue ambitious goals

LONDON, March 17 (Reuters) - The breakup of Royal Dutch Shell's and Saudi Aramco's giant U.S.

UPDATE 1-EnQuest predicts UK tax relief to spur North Sea oil deals

LONDON, March 17 (Reuters) - A change in UK legislation giving oilfield operators tax relief on decommissioning costs when they sell an asset will speed up such deals in the North Sea, producer EnQuest said on Thursday.

UPDATE 2-Rio, shifting focus, replaces veteran Walsh with copper boss

* Copper, coal head Jean-Sébastien Jacques to replace Walsh (Recasts; adds comments, details)

China to push Myanmar's new government on stalled dam

BEIJING, March 17 (Reuters) - China signalled on Thursday that it will push Myanmar's new government to resume a controversial stalled dam project in the Southeast Asian country, saying the contract was still valid.

UPDATE 1-China says opposes unilateral sanctions on North Korea

BEIJING, March 17 (Reuters) - China expressed its opposition on Thursday to unilateral sanctions against North Korea saying they could raise tension, after the United States imposed new curbs on the isolated country in retaliation for its nuclear and rocket tests.

Li Ka-shing's CK Hutchison says 2015 profit at HK$31.17 bln

HONG KONG, March 17 (Reuters) - CK Hutchison Holdings , the ports-to-telecoms arm of Asia's richest man Li Ka-shing, said on Thursday it clocked a net profit of HK$31.17 billion ($4.02 billion) for 2015, a year in which it grappled with weak euro growth and in which sluggish oil prices weighed on its energy business.

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