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BRASILIA, March 7 (Reuters) - A friend of Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrested in November for allegedly taking out a fraudulent loan for the ruling Workers' Party is negotiating a plea bargain deal with prosecutors, newspaper Valor Economico reported on Monday.

LONDON, March 7 (Reuters) - A court case over the leadership claims of two rival heads of Libya's $67 billion sovereign wealth fund was adjourned in London's High Court on Monday, the judge declaring it would be premature to rule while moves were afoot to form a government of national accord.

BOGOTA, March 7 (Reuters) - Colombia's Mines and Energy Minister Tomas Gonzalez has resigned his post, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Monday, amid a series of energy generation problems sparked by drought.

BRUSSELS, March 7 (Reuters) - The European Union will defer a decision on whether to extend approval for weed-killer ingredient glyphosate, used in herbicides including Monsanto's Roundup, following a dispute between EU and U.N. agencies over whether it causes cancer, EU sources said on Monday.

NEW YORK, March 7 (Reuters) - Shares of U.S.

* Move could lead to new Shell investments in Iran (Adds quotes, background)

Back in 2000, when I cofounded Clean Edge, most people I spoke with didn’t yet understand, or in tech parlance “grok,” the clean-tech wave to come. I’ve been fortunate to ride three major tech waves in my business career — telecom, the Internet, and renewable energy — and in each instance I was just enough ahead of the curve that many people didn’t know what I was originally talking about. But as with all major technological shifts, things that once seemed exotic become commonplace.

LONDON, March 7 (Reuters) - Hedge funds have switched from a very bearish view on crude oil prices at the end of last year to a much more bullish one, especially for Brent.

March 7 (Reuters) - Oil prices rallied again on Monday, with Brent hitting this year's high of $40 a barrel, after intelligence firm Genscape reported a smaller build in stockpiles at the Cushing, Oklahoma delivery hub for U.S.

BEIRUT, March 7 (Reuters) - An official in YPG, the Syrian Kurdish militia, said on Monday that Turkey was firing artillery shells at its fighters in northern Aleppo province.

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