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BEIJING, May 29 (Reuters) - China has raised standards for new petrochemical projects to boost sector efficiency and allay public opposition to projects perceived as hazardous, the country's top economic planning agency said on Friday.

ABU DHABI, May 29 (Reuters) - Four people were killed when a car exploded near a Shi'ite mosque in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, on Friday, but authorities said militants failed in their bid to hit the mosque itself.

New York subway riders trying to take jazz musician Billy Strayhorn’s advice and travel on the “A” train into Manhattan ran into a snag this week.

ABU DHABI, May 29 (Reuters) - Three people were killed on Friday when a sucide bomber tried to enter a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia, witnesses said, the second attack of its kind in a week.

SINGAPORE, May 29 (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday that China had placed mobile artillery weapons systems on a reclaimed island in the disputed South China Sea, a development that Republican Sen. John McCain called "disturbing and escalatory."

Borouge chief executive Wim Roels talks to Platts editors about China's drive toward self-sufficiency in polypropylene, his company's business strategy in Asia and expansion projects in China.

ABU DHABI, May 29 (Reuters) - A car exploded near a Shi'ite mosque in Saudi Arabia's Dammam on Friday, killing two people, a witness said.

FRANKFURT, May 29 (Reuters) - The multi-billion euro decommissioning of Germany's nuclear power plants could be facilitated by adopting a similar model to the phase-out of its coal mines, the head of the foundation set up to run the coal mining closures will say in a speech on Friday.

* Firms say worries on political stability curb Africa investment

AMSTERDAM, May 29 (Reuters) - A Dutch court on Friday rejected an application to have gas production halted at Eemskanaal due to concerns that continued extraction is causing earth tremors, saying complainants had not proved that stopping output would improve their safety.

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