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BAKU/YEREVAN, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Two soldiers from the Armenian-backed breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region have been killed in clashes with the Azeri army, the separatists' defence ministry said on Friday.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The New York state attorney general's office, which told Peabody Energy this week to give investors more details about how its sales would suffer from measures to curb global warming, is now mulling whether the tactic it used with the coal firm could be applied to companies beyond the energy sector.

BAGHDAD, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani said on Friday that the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar had been seized from Islamic State militants in an offensive by Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-led air strikes.

MONROVIA, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp said it plans to start drilling in Liberia in what President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said was a sign of economic recovery after the Ebola epidemic.

WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Many Americans are lukewarm on President Barack Obama's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, with more than a third saying they didn't care either way, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows.

* Demand growth is slowing, non-OPEC output resilient (Adds details, quotes)

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Leaders of Brazil's main oilworkers' union said on Thursday that a contract offer from Petrobras falls short of their demands and sought a meeting with the company's chief executive officer to discuss their requests.

SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Brazil's state-run Eletrobras, Latin America's largest electricity utility, posted late on Thursday a 4.01 billion real ($1.06 billion) third-quarter loss due to weaker hydropower generation and a massive impairment charge on its Angra 3 nuclear plant.

LONDON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - A market share battle between Russia and OPEC oil producers in Europe is intensifying as Iraq has overtaken Saudi Arabia as the second largest seller there and Iran has already lined up buyers for its crude for when sanctions are lifted.

LONDON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The world is awash with oil after having built record stockpiles in recent months and slowing demand growth combined with resilient non-OPEC supply could worsen the glut well into next year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday.

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