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UPDATE 1-Venezuela reserves hit 17-year low after debt payment

CARACAS, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Venezuela's international reserves fell to a 17-year low of $13.5 billion on Friday after the government paid in full its $1.5 billion Global 2016 bond , according to central bank data.

UPDATE 2-Niger's Issoufou faces run-off against jailed opposition leader

* Niger faces threat from Islamist militant group Boko Haram (Adds quote from Issoufou, context)

UPDATE 1-U.S. speculators boost natgas net shorts to most in 2016 -CFTC

Feb 26 (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas speculators boosted their net short positions to the most so far this year on bets prices would continue to decline as inventories remain near record highs with heating demand expected to stay light for the rest of the winter.

UPDATE 2-DoubleLine's Gundlach says firm bought some equities 2 weeks ago

NEW YORK, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Jeffrey Gundlach, the co-founder and chief executive officer of DoubleLine Capital, said on Friday that his firm purchased some U.S. stocks two weeks ago after their rocky start in January and early February.

Speculators boost net shorts in natural gas -CFTC

Feb 26 (Reuters) - U.S.

UPDATE 9-Oil ends down on profit-taking but still up strongly on week

* Early rally during session on supply disruptions, Wall St gains

US STOCKS-Wall St mixed as investors eye future rate hikes

* Indexes: Dow -0.09 pct, S&P +0.04 pct, Nasdaq +0.29 pct (Updates to afternoon)

Kosovo parliament elects new president, turns blind eye to tear gas, petrol bombs

PRISTINA, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Kosovo's parliament has elected Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci as the country's new president in a tense session as opposition activists released tear gas in the chamber and threw petrol bombs outside the parliament building.

CORRECTED-Mansion sales and discount dining: oil rout hits Houston's rich

HOUSTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Prices for mansions in Houston's swankiest neighborhood have tumbled in lock step with crude prices. The Houston Opera has offered free season tickets to patrons who lost their jobs in the oil bust. A fancy restaurant offers cut-price dinners.

UPDATE 1-U.S. oil drillers cut rigs for 10th week in a row -Baker Hughes

(Adds total oil and gas rig count) Feb 26 (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms this week cut oil rigs for an 10th week in a row to the lowest levels since December 2009, data showed on Friday, as some producers focus more on completing their drilled but uncompleted wells instead of drilling new ones. Looking forward, analysts forecast the rig count will bottom in a few months before recovering later this year when they expect crude prices to rise. Drillers removed 13 oil rigs in the week

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