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BAGHDAD, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Powerful Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim armed groups on Tuesday pledged to fight any U.S. forces deployed in the country after the United States said it was sending an elite special unit to help combat Islamic State.

BAGHDAD, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead a prominent Arab official in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk, police and medical sources said on Tuesday, in an attack that risks inflaming tensions in the ethnically mixed area.

Dec 1 (Reuters) - Over the next two weeks countries from around the world are convening in Paris to develop a global plan to address climate change. A successful deal in Paris could have significant impacts for energy and equity markets.

TORONTO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Bank of Nova Scotia reported a higher quarterly profit on Tuesday, helped by asset growth and favorable foreign exchange moves, but weakness in its capital markets business and an increase in bad energy loans kept the optimism in check.

PARIS, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Akinwumi Adesina, head of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has a bold vision for electrifying a continent where two-thirds of people lack access to power, and getting there by skipping carbon-intensive growth in favour of renewable energy.

* Obama predicts successor will keep acting on climate (Adds comments from Obama, details)

* Business value of forests estimated at $150 billion annually

ABUJA, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Nigeria's national assembly on Tuesday approved a supplementary budget for 2015 of 574.53 billion naira ($2.89 billion), mainly to cover fuel subsidies and ensure gasoline supplies across the vast country into the new year.

CESTAS, France, Dec 1 (Reuters) - French energy group Neoen on Tuesday inaugurated a 300 megawatt (MW) solar farm, Europe's biggest, which will produce power at a price below that of new nuclear plants.

* TerraForm Power shares jump as much as 33 pct (Adds details, background, analyst comments)

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