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UAE's Dana Gas says wins $1.98 bln Kurdistan judgement

DUBAI, Nov 29 (Reuters) - A London court, ruling in a dispute that dragged on for six years, has ordered the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq to pay $1.98 billion to a consortium including Dana Gas of the United Arab Emirates, Dana said on Sunday.<

Paris climate activists plan human chain on global day of action

PARIS, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Activists plan to join arms and form a "human chain" in Paris on Sunday to urge action on global warming, in a muted rally after attacks on the city by Islamic State, at the heart of worldwide protests on the eve of a U.N. climate summit in France.

Protesters delay German minister on train to Paris climate talks

FRANKFURT, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Protesters chained themselves to the railway tracks at Frankfurt station on Saturday to hold up a train carrying Germany's environment minister who was travelling to Paris for a global climate conference, a police spokesman said.

Dubai to spend billions on clean energy push - government

DUBAI, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Dubai will spend billions of dollars on generating clean energy, the government said on Saturday, aiming to have solar panels installed on the roofs of all buildings by 2030.

Germany's Merkel urges strict, binding goals to tackle climate change

FRANKFURT, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Germany's chancellor gave a qualified welcome on Saturday to China's pledge to tackle rising temperatures ahead of a global climate conference but she called for more ambitious goals to cut greenhouse emissions.

UPDATE 2-Vale confirms arsenic found in water days after Brazil dam burst

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Toxic materials such as arsenic were found in the water of the Rio Doce river days after a dam burst at a mine in Brazil earlier this month, an executive for Vale, the co-owner of the mine operator, confirmed on Friday.

UPDATE 2-Brazil to sue BHP, Vale for $5 bln in damages for dam burst

BRASILIA, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Brazil's federal and state governments plan to sue the owners of the Samarco iron ore miner for 20 billion reais ($5.24 billion)in damages caused by the burst of a tailings dam, Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira told reporters on Friday.

UN chief condemns deadly attack in disputed Abyei region

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday condemned an attack in the disputed region of Abyei bordering Sudan and South Sudan that left an Ethiopian U.N. peacekeeper and a small girl dead.

UPDATE 1-OPEC officials question upbeat outlook ahead of policy meeting

VIENNA, Nov 27 (Reuters) - OPEC officials questioned an upbeat forecast from the group's researchers in a meeting ahead of next week's gathering of oil ministers, with some sceptical there will be a quick easing of the supply glut in 2016.

UPDATE 2-Israel to open representative office in Abu Dhabi, first in UAE

JERUSALEM, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Israel plans to open a diplomatic-level mission to the International Renewable Energy Agency in Abu Dhabi, its first openly established representative office in the United Arab Emirates, Israeli diplomats said on Friday.

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