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ALGIERS, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has dissolved the long-standing military spy directorate known as the DRS, creating a new agency under the control of the presidency in another step to ease the military out of politics, security sources said.

Global solar installations will reach 64.7 GW in 2016 according to to Mercom Capital Group, a clean energy communications and research firm based in Texas.

* Italian oil, steel firms line up for major contracts (Recasts, adds details)

SINGAPORE, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Pakistan State Oil (PSO) is set to buy a total of 350,000 tonnes of gasoline for February to March delivery at $87 to $89 a tonne above Middle East naphtha quotes on a cost-and-freight (C&F) basis, industry sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.

LONDON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Hedge funds had covered only a small part of their record short position in crude oil by early last week, but it was still enough to send prices surging more than $6 higher over the course of Thursday and Friday.

LONDON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - OPEC is still evaluating the need for an extraordinary meeting after receiving a request to hold such a gathering because of a steep fall in oil prices, Qatar's energy minister Mohammed al-Sada said on Monday.

* Oil prices to balance at moderate levels - Aramco chairman (Adds Iraq details, ICE data, updates prices)

* Nuclear reactor deal within a year (Adds plane-maker comment, nuclear details)

Jan 25 (Reuters) - Halliburton Co, the world's No.2 oilfield services provider, reported a better-than-expected quarterly adjusted profit as deep cost cuts helped offset the impact of a drop in drilling activity.

ROME, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Italy is poised to sign deals worth up to 17 billion euros ($18.4 billion) with Iran during President Hassan Rouhani's visit to Rome, which started on Monday, a government source said.

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