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UPDATE 1-Amnesty says Nigerian military responsible for deaths of 8,000 prisoners

ABUJA, June 3 (Reuters) - More than 8,000 people have died while being detained by Nigeria's armed forces during the campaign against militant Islamist group Boko Haram, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, allegations the military denied.

Russia says Ukraine agrees on filling gas storage for transit flow

VIENNA, June 3 (Reuters) - Ukraine has agreed to pump enough gas into its storage facilities to maintain pressure in the system for Russian gas to reach Europe in winter, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Wednesday.

UPDATE 1-U.S. crude stockpiles fall despite declining refinery runs - EIA

NEW YORK, June 3 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil stockpiles fell for the fifth week in a row even as refinery operating rates eased, data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) showed on Wednesday.

Venezuela finds new front in attack on U.S. fracking: water

VIENNA, June 3 (Reuters) - Venezuela sought to open a new front in its months-long verbal assault on the U.S.

Amnesty says Nigerian military responsible for deaths of 8,000 prisoners

ABUJA, June 3 (Reuters) - More than 8,000 people have died while being held prisoner by Nigeria's armed forces in the campaign against Islamist group Boko Haram, many of them deliberately killed, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.

RPT-German environment minister criticises alternatives to coal levy

BERLIN, June 3 (Reuters) - Germany's environment minister criticised alternative suggestions for how to cut CO2 emissions from the coal sector on Wednesday, saying they would lead to higher electricity prices and burden the public purse.

UPDATE 1-Iraq, Venezuela see $75-80 as "fair" price for oil

VIENNA, June 3 (Reuters) - The top oil officials of Iraq, Venezuela and Angola said on Wednesday that $75 to $80 a barrel was now a "fair" price for oil, reflecting an emerging consensus on a possible new equilibrium for volatile markets.

Dollar rally set to resume as U.S. economic data improves-Reuters poll

June 3 (Reuters) - The dollar rally will regain momentum from next month, a Reuters poll of foreign exchange strategists showed on Wednesday, although its strength will depend on economic data and the timing of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike.

Big Oil chiefs tell OPEC they're adapting to price shock

VIENNA, June 3 (Reuters) - Six months after OPEC upended oil markets and sent prices crashing, the head of U.S. oil giant ExxonMobil has an unusual message for the cartel: thanks.

UPDATE 2-India refiners in talks with Iraq on strategic reserves-sources

NEW DELHI, June 3 (Reuters) - State refiners Indian Oil Corp and Hindustan Petroleum Corp are holding talks with Iraq's national oil company to buy 4 million barrels of Basra light crude oil for India's strategic petroleum reserves (SPRs), three sources said.

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