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U.S. earthquake fears spur more drills: 'Drop, cover, hold on'

Oct 14 (Reuters) - Three months ago when an earthquake rattled Mickey Hart's office, the Crescent, Oklahoma public school superintendent didn't know what to do.

Iraqi army, militia forces launch assault to retake Baiji from Islamic State

BAGHDAD, Oct 14 (Reuters) - The Iraqi army and volunteer militia fighters, who are mostly Shi'ite, launched an assault on Wednesday to retake the city of Baiji in northern Iraq from Islamic State militants, an Iraqi military spokesman said.

INSIGHT-Tensions build in Nigeria's oil-rich Delta

YENAGOA, Nigeria, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Enjoying a chilled cider in a hotel pool bar, former Nigerian militant leader Ebi John has a simple message for President Muhammadu Buhari - keep paying my men or risk a new insurgency in the Niger Delta.

UPDATE 1-Det norske buys Svenska Petroleum's Norwegian business for $75 mln

OSLO, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Norwegian oil firm Det norske said on Wednesday it had agreed to buy Sweden's Svenska Petroleum's Norwegian business for $75 million.

Poland's Grupa Azoty plans $648 mln coal gasification plant

WARSAW, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Poland's biggest chemical group Grupa Azoty has given initial approval to a 2.4 billion zlotys ($648 million) project to build a coal gasification plant, which would help boost local demand for coal by 1 million tonnes a year, it said on Wednesday.

China says has not militarised South China Sea

BEIJING, Oct 14 (Reuters) - China has not militarised the South China Sea, but there are certain countries which keep flexing their muscles who should stop hyping up the issue, China's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

Nikkei falls sharply as soft China CPI rekindles growth concerns

TOKYO, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Japanese stocks fell on Wednesday as cooling inflation in China rekindled worries about weakened conditions in the world's second-biggest economy, a key market for Japan's major manufacturers.

China heads for record crude buying year as cargoes snapped up

* Strong finish to year seen as "teapot" refiners fill quotas

Japan, Iran agree on investment pact after sanctions end

TOKYO, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Japan and Iran have reached agreement on an investment accord, which may give a boost to Japanese investments into the Islamic Republic once sanctions are lifted as early as next year, the countries' foreign ministers said in a statement.

China tries former public security official and Zhou ally for graft

BEIJING, Oct 14 (Reuters) - The bribery trial of another former senior official tied to ousted Chinese security tsar Zhou Yongkang opened on Wednesday, state media said, the latest in a string of graft trials and sentencings ahead of a key Communist Party meeting this month.

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