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UPDATE 1-Poland's Azoty looks to buy more gas from Gazprom-supplied PGNiG

WARSAW, March 11 (Reuters) - Poland's largest chemicals firm Grupa Azoty, which beat 2015 profit forecasts on Friday thanks to low gas prices, plans to buy more gas from its main supplier PGNiG.

Green Climate Fund clears way for $2.5 bln funding challenge

BARCELONA, March 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The Green Climate Fund made progress in closing administrative and policy gaps at a meeting in South Korea this week, and now faces the uphill task of allocating $2.5 billion this year for projects to tackle climate change, experts said.

Zimbabwe looks to the sun as drought hits hydropower

MUTARE, Zimbabwe, March 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Z imbabwe is pushing forward with plans to build four new solar power plants, amid a drought that has battered its ability to generate hydroelectricity.

China to start civilian flights from disputed South China Sea island

BEIJING, March 11 (Reuters) - China will begin civilian flights to and from a disputed South China Sea island within a year, state media reported on Friday, as the government expands infrastructure on islands and reefs also claimed by other countries in region.

UPDATE 1-Angolan president Dos Santos says to step down in 2018

LUANDA, March 11 (Reuters) - Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos said on Friday he plans to step down in 2018 after being at the helm since 1979, making him one of Africa's longest-serving leaders.

Angolan president Dos Santos says will step down in 2018

LUANDA, March 11 (Reuters) - Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos said on Friday he plans to step down in 2018 after being at the helm since 1979, making him one of Africa's longest-serving leaders.

China must further purge energy sector of Zhou scandal "poison", former top official says

BEIJING, March 11 (Reuters) - China needs to further purge its oil industry of the "poison" of disgraced security chief Zhou Yongkang to ensure healthy development that lets the sector compete internationally, a former top energy executive said on Friday.

UPDATE 1-IEA says oil prices might have bottomed out

* IEA sees non-OPEC, U.S. output decline accelerating (Adds details, quotes)

IEA says oil prices might have bottomed out

LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - Oil prices might have bottomed as output in the United States and other non-OPEC producers is beginning to fall quickly and an increase in supply from Iran has been less than dramatic, the International Energy Agency said on Friday.

Commodities-related stocks help European shares to rebound

LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - European shares bounced back in early trading on Friday after sharp declines in the previous session, with a recovery in metals and crude oil prices boosting commodities-related stocks.

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