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Mexico president reshuffles cabinet, finance, interior mins stay put

MEXICO CITY, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto reshuffled his cabinet on Thursday, moving his foreign minister into the social development ministry and keeping his finance and interior ministers in place.

Nigeria's Buhari appoints chief of staff

ABUJA, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Alhaji Abba Kyari, who has held posts at United Bank for Africa, Unilever, and Mobil, as his chief of staff.

Venezuela pushing OPEC members for emergency meeting with Russia - WSJ

Aug 27 (Reuters) - Venezuela has been contacting other members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), pushing for an emergency meeting with Russia to come up with a plan to stop the global oil price rout, the Wall Street Journal reported.

UPDATE 1-Shell Nigeria declares force majeure on Bonny Light crude exports

LONDON/BANGALORE, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Shell's Nigerian unit, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), declared force majeure on Bonny Light crude oil exports on Thursday after shutting down two key pipelines in the country due to a leak and theft.

UPDATE 1-Libyan peace talks disrupted again after faction negotiator quits

SKHIRAT, Morocco, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Libya's unofficial government dropped out of the latest round of U.N.-backed peace talks on Thursday, soon before they were due to start, in another disruption to efforts to end months of conflict.

U.S. oil export advocates use Iran deal to buttress argument

WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - U.S. oil industry lobbyists and Congressional supporters of lifting the U.S.

White House says Keystone XL pipeline review continues

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Aug 27 (Reuters) - The White House said on Thursday that the U.S. State Department continues to review TransCanada Corp's proposed Keystone XL pipeline from Canada's oil sands to Gulf Coast refineries.

Latvia, Greece win opt-out from Monsanto GM crop

* Monsanto says not seeking EU approval to grow other GM crops

UPDATE 3-Freeport slashes mining budget, cuts jobs as copper slumps

TORONTO, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Freeport-McMoran Inc said on Thursday it will slash its mining capital budget by 25 percent next year and cut 10 percent of its U.S. mine staff, as the diversified miner and energy producer attempts to weather an ongoing slump in copper prices.

WRAPUP 1-Canadian banks TD, CIBC quarterly profits top expectations

TORONTO, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Toronto Dominion Bank and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce on Thursday posted forecast-topping quarterly profits on robust growth in their domestic retail businesses even as both became the latest Canadian lenders to record jumps in bad loans tied to the energy sector.

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