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UPDATE 1-Vedanta makes $2.3 bln bid to buy out minorities in Cairn India

MUMBAI, June 14 (Reuters) - India's largest private sector miner Vedanta Ltd has offered to buy out minority shareholders in cash-rich unit Cairn India, with a $2.3 billion all-share offer that would help parent Vedanta Resources repay hefty debts.

UPDATE 1-Suicide bomber kills 3 in Libya's Derna - residents

BENGHAZI, Libya, June 13 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Libyan city of Derna on Saturday, killing at least three people and wounding five more as rival militants fought on the streets, local residents said.

Egypt considers postponing fuel subsidy smart card system - state media

CAIRO, June 13 (Reuters) - Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi asked his government on Saturday to consider postponing a smart card system for subsidised fuel which was due to come into effect in two days, state media said.

UPDATE 1-Madagascar court throws out impeachment of president

ANTANANARIVO, June 13 (Reuters) - Madagascar's constitutional court on Saturday threw out parliament's impeachment of President Hery Rajaonarimampianina, calling the move "unfounded" and helping to avoid a political crisis.

Nigeria starts investigating crude oil swap contracts

ABUJA, June 13 (Reuters) - Nigerian authorities have launched an investigation to determine whether the government has been short-changed by a state oil company scheme to swap crude for refined products, the company, three oil traders and a security source said.

Ghana's president says slowing inflation shows fiscal plan working

ACCRA, June 12 (Reuters) - Positive results are starting to flow from Ghana's fiscal consolidation plan that includes an aid deal with the International Monetary Fund and a decision by the European Union to renew budget support, President John Mahama said on Friday.

Patience is a virtue, but not waiting as long for metals from warehouses is better

LME warehouse queues at two locations have fallen below the 400-day level for the first time since the exchange started releasing queue data in April 2014.

UPDATE 3-Colombia economy grows 2.8 pct in 1st qtr, meets estimates

BOGOTA, June 12 (Reuters) - Colombia's economy grew 2.8 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, the government said on Friday, in line with analysts' expectations but the slowest quarterly growth in two and a half years as lower oil prices put a brake on expansion.

U.S. denies Exxon request to reconsider Silvertip oil spill penalty

WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. oil pipeline safety office on Friday denied a request by Exxon Mobil Corp to reconsider a $1 million penalty for an oil spill into the Yellowstone River in 2011.

UPDATE 1-Arctic drilling protesters dangle from Shell ship in Washington state

SEATTLE, June 12 (Reuters) - Two activists protesting plans by Royal Dutch Shell to resume drilling for oil in the Arctic dangled for several hours on Friday from the anchor of one of the company's vessels in Washington state before coming down voluntarily, the Coast Guard said.

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