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Nexen apologizes for worker's death at Canada oil sands site

TORONTO, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Nexen Energy executives apologized on Saturday for an explosion at the company's Long Lake oil sands facility in Alberta that killed one employee, left another critically injured and shut down the site for an indefinite period.

U.N. says Iran has kept nuclear promises, paving way for sanctions relief

VIENNA, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog on Saturday said Iran had put in place all nuclear measures required under a deal reached with six world powers in July, paving the way for crippling sanctions on the Islamic Republic to be lifted within hours or days.

TIMELINE-U.S.-Iran relations from 1953 coup to 2016 prisoner swap

WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Iran freed five Americans including a Washington Post reporter on Saturday as the two countries staged a series of goodwill gestures ahead of the expected announcement of the lifting of international sanctions against Tehran under a nuclear deal.

UPDATE 1-Iran says it won't moderate its plans to boost oil supplies - IRNA

ANKARA, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Iran is determined to raise its oil output as planned as soon as sanctions on its oil industry are lifted, Mehdi Asali, its representative to the OPEC producers' group, said on Saturday.

Iran says it will not moderate its plans to boost oil exports - IRNA

ANKARA, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Iran is determined to raise its oil output by 500,000 barrels per day as soon as sanctions on its oil industry are lifted, Iran's national representative to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Mehdi Asali, said on Saturday.

Iran news agency names seven Iranians it says freed by US

DUBAI, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Iran's IRNA news agency named on Saturday seven Iranians it said had been freed from jail in the United States as part of a prisoner swap with the Islamic Republic.

UPDATE 1-Shell denies Iranian report of Tehran visit

DUBAI, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell on Saturday denied a report in Iranian media that it had sent representatives to Iran ahead of the expected lifting of international sanctions.

Iranian state TV names US-Iranian dual citizens freed by Tehran

DUBAI, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Iran has released four U.S.-Iranian dual citizens for prison, state television said on Saturday, naming them as Jason Rezaian, Amir Hekmati, Saeed Abedini and Nosratollah Khosravi.

Iranian agency says Washington Post reporter among freed prisoners

Jan 16 (Reuters) - Iran's Fars News Agency named three of the four U.S.-Iranian prisoners freed by Iran on Saturday as Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian, Amir Hekmat and Saeed Abedini.

U.S. to free seven Iranians in swap-Iran's IRNA agency

DUBAI, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The United States will release seven Iranian nationals currently serving jail terms in a prisoner swap with Iran, the English language service of the Islamic Republic's official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.

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