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UJUNG NEGORO, Indonesia, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Indonesia's president declared with great fanfare on Friday that construction of a mega power plant is now set to start after years of delay, proof he said that the government was starting to resolve its infrastructure failings.

JUBA, Aug 28 (Reuters) - South Sudanese rebels and the army have accused each other for the second time this week of attacks, this time barely a day after President Salva Kiir signed a peace deal that looks increasingly fragile.

HONG KONG, Aug 28 (Reuters) - U.S. index provider MSCI Inc said it would remove Hanergy Thin Film Power Group Ltd from its indexes as the troubled Chinese solar company's shares had not traded for a long time.

At the beginning of the year molybdenum was at $9/lb. Now prices struggle to stay above $6/lb. What's next for the market?

(Fri, 28 Aug 2015) The domestic market for distributed wind turbines has weakened since the record capacity additions in 2012. Last year's installations of mid-size and small wind turbines were the lowest in a decade. Relatively low electricity prices, competition from other distributed energy sources, and relatively high permitting and other nonmaterial costs have presented challenges to the distributed wind market in the United States.

BEIJING, Aug 28 (Reuters) - China's North Industries Group Corp, a state-run defense conglomerate that also invests in oil and gas, may postpone a multi-billion dollar plan to build a refinery because of a capacity overhang, industry sources said.

NAIROBI, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Oil marketer Total Kenya said its first-half pretax profit dropped by 14 percent due to inflation and volatility in international oil prices.

* Brent set for first weekly rise for two weeks (Adds more details and updates prices)

WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - A U.S. court on Thursday blocked a federal clean water rule from going into effect in certain states until a legal challenge has been resolved, handing a victory to states and business groups that have strongly opposed the regulation.

WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Democrats are confident they will have enough votes to protect the Iran nuclear deal in the U.S.

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