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Brazilian lawyer arrested in Rio for planning bribes with senator

BRASILIA, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Police on Friday arrested a Brazilian lawyer who authorities say was caught on tape arranging bribes with a ruling party senator to stop his client from turning state's witness in a massive corruption probe.

After oil price drop, Algeria eyes subsidy system reform

ALGIERS, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Algeria's government is considering reforming its subsidy system, covering everything from energy and gas prices to food costs, to reduce spending as the OPEC country struggles with a sharp fall in oil prices.

INSIGHT-Musk's Tesla faces German battle over battery-powered homes

FRANKFURT, Nov 27 (Reuters) - If Elon Musk's vision of millions of households producing all their own power becomes a reality, it will probably happen first in Germany.

Brazil dam disaster shows flaws in decrepit mining regulator

BELO HORIZONTE/BRASILIA, Nov 27 (Reuters) - With leaking windows, moldy walls and piles of paper where you might expect computers, the office of Brazil's National Department of Mineral Production speaks volumes about the regulation of the country's mining industry.

UPDATE 1-Spain's troubled Abengoa changes boss amid creditor talks

MADRID, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The chief executive of Spanish renewable energy and engineering group Abengoa stepped down on Friday just two days after the indebted company began insolvency proceedings.

German firms get creative in tackling CO2

FRANKFURT, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Filtering carbon dioxide through microbe-infested bubble baths is just one of the ideas being developed by top German industrial companies as they come under growing pressure to cut their emissions of greenhouse gases.

Libya's NOC forms group to expedite El Sharara, El Feel reopening

LONDON, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Libya's National Oil Corp. said on Friday it has formed a special committee to accelerate talks with protesters and reopen the country's El Sharara and El Feel oilfields.

CORRECTED-Britain's National Grid requests 30 MW less power supply for Scotland

Nov 27 (Reuters) - Britain's National Grid requested a wind farm in Scotland to turn down power output by 30 megawatts between 0830 and 1000 GMT on Friday after high winds and a transmission line outage trapped too much supply in the local network.

UK uses new powers to rule on Cuadrilla shale gas permits

LONDON, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Britain will use new powers to determine whether to allow shale gas firm Cuadrilla Resources to carry out fracking at two sites in northwest England, overruling local planning decisions.

UPDATE 1-Hong Kong securities regulator proposes expanded short position rules

* To expand short position rules to broader range of securities

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