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BERLIN, Oct 24 (Reuters) - German utilities RWE, Vattenfall and Mibrag will start reducing their coal-fired power output at the start of winter 2016, shifting this capacity instead to the country's power reserve as part of a plan to cut carbon emissions, the government said.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 23 (Reuters) - State-controlled Petróleo Brasileiro SA's board approved selling a minority stake in a natural gas distribution unit to Japan's Mitsui & Co Ltd for 1.9 billion reais ($490 million) in a key step toward disposing of non-essential assets to repay debt.

BENGHAZI, Libya Oct 23 (Reuters) - At least nine people were killed and dozens more injured in Libya's second city Benghazi on Friday when mortar shells hit a protest against a United Nations proposal for a unity government to end a political crisis, medical sources said.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 23 (Reuters) - A final report approved by a Brazilian congressional panel investigating corruption at state-run oil company Petrobras has blamed suppliers and rogue employees for the graft, rather than politicians or the company.

Oct 23 (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms reduced oil rigs for an eighth week in a row this week but slowed the rate of those cuts to just one rig, data showed on Friday, a sign some drillers may soon return to the well pad with hopes of rising crude prices in the future.

BRASILIA, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Brazil has started to watch its multinational companies for corrupt practices they might commit in other countries in the wake of a massive bribery scandal at home, the nation's top anti-corruption official told Reuters.

WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - The Obama administration said it is confident that its proposal to curb carbon dioxide emissions from power plants is on solid legal ground despite a challenge filed by 24 U.S. states earlier on Friday.

* Oil rises first on China rate cut, then succumbs to dollar rally

Oct 23 (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms cut oil rigs for an eighth week in a row this week, the longest losing streak since June, data showed on Friday, a sign low prices continued to keep drillers away from the well pad.

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