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Aug 12 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday approved Exxon Mobil Corp's $5.07 million settlement of charges that it violated the federal Clean Water Act and state environmental laws in connection with a 2013 oil spill in central Arkansas.

JUBA, Aug 12 (Reuters) - A South Sudan rebel general has split with former Vice President Riek Machar and rejected his plans to join President Salva Kiir in a transitional government, raising prospects of fresh conflict in the country.

LAGOS, Aug 12 (Reuters) - A helicopter carrying 12 people crashed into a lagoon in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos on Wednesday, killing at least four people, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA)said.

BAGHDAD, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Iraq's prime minister dismissed his cabinet secretary on Wednesday as part of an ambitious reform drive he said was under threat from corrupt politicians and Shi'ite militia leaders who use their armed followers for political ends.

* Islamic State battles official forces and rival Islamists (Adds clashes in two cities, air strikes, background)

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Wage negotiations between workers in South Africa's coal sector and the employers' body, the Chamber of Mines, reached deadlock on Wednesday and will now go to mediation.

GENEVA, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Warring factions in Libya ended two days of U.N.-sponsored talks in Geneva on Wednesday with a pledge to end the political crisis and military conflict in the country within weeks, a United Nations statement said.

BAGHDAD, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Iraq's prime minister accused corrupt politicians on Wednesday of plotting to sabotage his plan for sweeping reforms of the governing system, and warned leaders of powerful Shi'ite militias not to use their armed followers for political ends.

LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index was dragged lower on Wednesday by Unilever and mining companies after the fall in the value of China's currency pulled down metals prices.

LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index was dragged lower on Wednesday by Unilever and by mining companies after China's devaluation of the yuan pulled down metals prices.

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