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Crippling power cuts fuel Zimbabwe's illegal logging trade

HARARE, Nov 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In the dead of night, trucks loaded with illegally logged wood weave their way past police roadblocks to a capital city shrouded in darkness.

UPDATE 1-Profits fall more than expected at Polish gas group PGNiG

WARSAW, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Poland's biggest gas distributor PGNiG on Friday raised its 2015 core profit target thanks to cost cuts and increased production after it reported a bigger than expected 53 percent fall in third-quarter net profit.

UPDATE 1-EU asks members to investigate after VW admits new irregularities

* Letter asks EU members to investigate (Adds official comment)

Global emissions gap could still be 12 bln tonnes in 2030 - UN

LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 could still be up to 12 billion tonnes more than the level needed to keep global warming within 2 degrees Celsius this century, a United Nations report estimated on Friday.

China should stop adding new coal-fired power plants -state researchers

BEIJING, Nov 6 (Reuters) - China should slow down its expansion plans for coal-fired power plants to take account of an expected decline in demand from energy-intensive industries such as steel and cement, said researchers at government-backed think tanks.

UPDATE 1-Maersk Q3 profit halves, cuts global sea trade forecast

COPENHAGEN, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Shipping and oil conglomerate A.P.

Indonesia auto industry urges cheaper biodiesel price

JAKARTA, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Indonesia's government needs to increase subsidies for biodiesel fuel so it can be sold cheaper than regular diesel if a push to increase the take-up of biofuel is to succeed, an automobile association said on Friday.

Fredriksen Group puts CEO on leave due to Vimpelcom probe - report

OSLO, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Norway's Fredriksen Group has put Chief Executive Jo Lunder on leave until further notice due to a police investigation into him over his role as former head of telecoms company Vimpelcom, Norwegian news agency NTB reported on Friday.<

BHP Billiton says yet to assess casualties at Brazil mudslide site

MELBOURNE, Nov 6 (Reuters) - BHP Billiton said it had yet to fully assess the extent of damage and casualties from a massive mudslide at Brazil's Samarco iron ore mine on Thursday night.

U.N. climate fund approves first projects ahead of Paris summit

WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - A multi-billion dollar fund set up by the United Nations to help poor countries tackle climate change on Friday approved its first eight projects, which will receive $168 million, a key step before a global climate summit starts on Nov. 30.

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