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Ukraine appeals to EU over 'illegal' Gazprom-Slovak pipeline contract

BRUSSELS, June 23 (Reuters) - Kiev has appealed to the European Union over an agreement between Slovak pipeline operator Eustream and Russia's Gazprom that it says violates EU law in allowing Gazprom to prevent reverse flows back to Ukraine in a key pipeline, according to a document seen by Reuters.

Suicide bomber kills at least 10 in northern Nigeria

DAMATURU, Nigeria, June 23 (Reuters) - A young female suicide bomber killed at least 10 people and injured more than 20 in an attack on Tuesday at a market in northeast Nigeria's Yobe State, several witnesses said.

Iraqi commanders see need for new tactics against Islamic State

BAGHDAD, June 23 (Reuters) - Iraqi army and police commanders leading an ongoing battle for control of the country's biggest refinery say they cannot defeat Islamic State unless they change tactics to better cope with the insurgents' guerrilla warfare techniques.

Crisis? What crisis? Russia stalls on reform

MOSCOW, June 23 (Reuters) - Russia's interest rates are rising and inflation is racing, but all the while his country slides into recession President Vladimir Putin denies any economic crisis.

S.Africa mines minister hails "safest year" in industry

JOHANNESBURG, June 23 (Reuters) - South Africa's mines minister on Tuesday hailed 2014 as the "safest year" in the history of an industry that has claimed a huge toll in mostly black lives over the past century.

Germany's E.ON puts North Sea, Algeria assets on the block

LONDON, June 23 (Reuters) - German utility E.ON wants to sell its North Sea and Algerian oil and gas assets, hoping to raise around $2 billion as it restructures, several banking sources said.

UPDATE 1-Dutch government cuts Groningen gas field production

THE HAGUE, June 23 (Reuters) - The Dutch government ordered a further tightening of gas production at Groningen, Europe's largest gas field, in response to a spate of earthquakes that have caused extensive property damage in the Netherlands' northernmost province.

UPDATE 1-Heat wave kills more than 400 in Pakistan's Karachi

KARACHI, June 23 (Reuters) - A heat wave has killed more than 400 people in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi over the past three days, health officials said on Tuesday, as they set up emergency medical camps in the streets.

RPT-COLUMN-Technology may lower commodity prices, widen nation gaps: Russell

--Clyde Russell is a Reuters columnist.

INSIGHT-Chinese firms do brisk business in Venezuela despite idle factories

SAN FRANCISCO DE YARE, Venezuela, June 23 (Reuters) - Five years after Chinese home appliance maker Haier agreed to build a $912 million factory in Venezuela, its washing machines and refrigerators are almost the only ones available in the country's department stores.

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