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CORRECTED-Brazil dam collapse reignites debate over storing mining waste

* Disposing of ore waste big global safety, environmental issue

Pelosi to Obama: boost U.S. biofuels program ahead of Paris talks

NEW YORK, Nov 19 (Reuters) - U.S. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and three other lawmakers are pressing President Barack Obama not to back-peddle on the country's biofuels program just days ahead of global climate change talks in Paris.

Wait time for vessels to pass Panama Canal shortens to four days

PANAMA CITY, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The wait time to pass through the Panama Canal has shortened to four days, down from more than 10 days last month, the authority that runs the waterway said on Thursday.

Vale workers fear for safety after Brazil's Samarco disaster

MARIANA, Brazil, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Workers at Brazilian iron ore miner Vale SA fear for their safety after the Samarco dam burst in the town of Mariana, where the company was reducing the number of employees because of weak ore prices, despite its push for output and complaints about safety.

UPDATE 1-Oil providers ask Venezuela's PDVSA for cargo prepayments -sources

HOUSTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Big oil suppliers have started requiring prepayment when selling cargoes of crude and refined products to Venezuela's PDVSA, in an effort to limit potential risks from the state-run company's well-known cashflow woes, five sources from firms involved in the deals told Reuters.

Venezuela's foreign income down 64 pct this year -president

CARACAS, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Venezuela's foreign income fell 64 percent this year due to the global fall in oil prices, President Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday.

Guinea president dismisses interior minister after murders

CONAKRY, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Guinea's President Alpha Conde on Thursday dismissed the interior minister and a senior official in connection with their handling of two murder cases, a senior government source said.

Noble Midstream Partners postpones IPO amid oil slump

Nov 19 (Reuters) - Noble Midstream Partners LP, a wholly owned unit of Noble Energy Inc, said it postponed its planned IPO amid a slump in oil prices.

U.S. manslaughter charges filed in deadly 2012 oil platform blast

WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Two companies involved in the deadly 2012 explosion of an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico have been indicted on federal charges of involuntary manslaughter, the U.S.

Kremlin says it's received letter from EU's Juncker on closer trade ties

MOSCOW, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday it had received a letter to President Vladimir Putin from European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker, suggesting closer trade ties between the EU and a Russian-led economic bloc once a ceasefire is implemented in Ukraine.

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