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UPDATE 1-Russia, Saudi Arabia to discuss broad oil cooperation agreement

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 18 (Reuters) - The oil ministers of Russia and Saudi Arabia plan to discuss a broad cooperation agreement on Thursday at an economic forum in St Petersburg, two sources told Reuters.

UPDATE 1-Indonesian president allows staple food prices to be capped

JAKARTA, June 18 (Reuters) - Indonesia's president has signed a decree allowing the government to cap prices of staple foods, cement and other basic goods during peak demand periods, a presidential spokesman said as the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan began on Thursday.

Excerpts from Pope Francis encyclical on the environment

VATICAN CITY, June 18 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Thursday issued a major encyclical on the environment, called "Laudato Si (Praise Be), On the Care of Our Common Home".

Support seen for nickel as deficit looms, but demand poses uncertainty

Platts editors Yuen Cheng Mok and Vivian Teo share market expectations on nickel prices, the signs pointing to a deficit in the market, and the challenges that could pose demand-side risks.

CORRECTION-Putin's confrontation with West 'artificial' -dissident Khodorkovsky

WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's confrontation with the West is "artificial" and aimed at protecting Russia's ruling elite and distracting attention from a corrupt system, a former Russian oil tycoon said on Wednesday.

UPDATE 4-Oil prices dip on U.S. gasoline build, but supported by weak dollar

* Geopolitical woes in Mideast also limits oil price falls (Updates prices)

Japan faces dilemma over plutonium stored in France

TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters) - Still dealing with the huge clean up after the Fukushima crisis and debating its future use of atomic energy, Japan now faces another nuclear conundrum - what to do with 16 tonnes of its plutonium sitting in France after being reprocessed there.

UPDATE 1-Australia quarterly coking coal contract with Japan falls 15 pct

SYDNEY, June 18 (Reuters) - September-quarter coking coal price contracts between Australian coal miners and Japanese steel producers were settled at $93 a tonne for premium grades, down 15 percent from the June quarter, according to two people familiar with the negotiations.

Malaysia's hijacked oil tanker detected in Cambodian waters - reports

KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 (Reuters) - The small oil tanker that was hijacked off the southeast coast of Malaysia last week has been detected in Cambodian waters, according to local media reports on Thursday.

California's renewable power saga is just beginning

In Q1 this year, the amount of power generated by California's 44 wind farms fell off by around 35% compared to Q1 of 2014, according to data filed with the US FERC and the EIA compiled by Platts.

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