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REFILE-Protesters attack party offices in Iraq's Kurdistan region

ERBIL, Iraq, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Protesters attacked several offices of the main political party in Iraq's Kurdish north on Saturday in a third day of violent unrest that threatens to destabilise the region at a time of war with Islamic State militants.

UPDATE 1-Germany says firms set aside enough nuclear decommissioning funds

* Last of Germany's reactors due to shut in 2022 (Adds statements from operators, auditor for E.ON, RWE)

Germany says firms set aside enough nuclear decommissioning funds

* Worst case scenario shows firms short by almost 40 bln euros

UPDATE 1-China completes construction of lighthouses in disputed South China Sea

SHANGHAI, Oct 10 (Reuters) - China has completed the construction of two lighthouses in the disputed South China Sea, the official Xinhua news agency reported, as tensions in the region mount over Beijing's maritime ambitions.

China completes construction of lighthouses in disputed South China Sea

SHANGHAI, Oct 10 (Reuters) - China has completed the construction of two lighthouses in the disputed South China Sea, the official Xinhua news agency reported, as tensions in the region mount over Beijing's maritime ambitions.

UPDATE 1-Western countries say endorse unity government for Libya

WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Britain and the United States on Friday endorsed a national unity government in Libya as proposed by the United Nations to end the conflict between two rival governments in the war-torn country.

U.S. judge approves settlement in Canadian oil-by-rail disaster

TORONTO, Oct 9 (Reuters) - A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Friday approved a settlement that clears the way for payments to victims of Canada's Lac-Megantic crude-by-rail derailment, according to the trustee for the insolvent railway at the heart of the disaster.

Petrobras likely lost more than $5 bln to corruption - Brazil prosecutor

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Corruption-related losses at Brazil's state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA will likely surpass 20 billion reais ($5.3 billion), federal prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol said on Friday.

EU regulators wave through UK nuclear waste clean-up price plan

BRUSSELS, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Britain won EU regulatory approval on Friday for a pricing model to set the cost of disposing of nuclear waste that environmentalists say is too generous to nuclear power plant operators and punishing for taxpayers.

New Jersey judge nixes latest bid to block Exxon pollution settlement

Oct 9 (Reuters) - A New Jersey judge on Friday rejected the latest attempt by environmentalists to block a $225 million settlement between Exxon Mobil Corp. and Governor Chris Christie's administration over pollution clean-up costs.

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