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UPDATE 1-Burundi president appears in capital, warns of Islamist threat

BUJUMBURA, May 17 (Reuters) - Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza on Sunday made his first public appearance in the capital Bujumbura since an attempted coup last week failed to oust him from power, saying he was monitoring a threat posed by Islamist militants from Somalia.

Burundi president appears in capital, warns of Islamist threat

BUJUMBURA, May 17 (Reuters) - Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza on Sunday made his first public appearance in the capital Bujumbura since an attempted coup last week failed to oust him from power, saying he was monitoring a threat posed by Islamist militants from Somalia.

Sudan inflation up to 24.3 pct in April - statistics agency

KHARTOUM, May 17 (Reuters) - Sudan's inflation rate climbed to 24.3 percent in April from 23.2 percent in March, the Central Statistics Office said on Sunday, marking the second consecutive month that inflation has edged up after broadly easing since the summer.

India to open $1 bln credit line to finance infrastructure in Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, May 17 (Reuters) - India will open a $1 billion credit line to bolster Mongolia's "economic capacity and infrastructure", the Mongolian and Indian prime ministers announced on Sunday.

BHP spin-off South32 to test appetite for miners

MELBOURNE, May 17 (Reuters) - BHP Billiton's spin-off of South32 debuts on Monday in what is set to be the biggest mining listing globally in four years and a test of whether investors are starting to see value in battered mining shares.

UPDATE 1-Seattle flotilla protests Shell's Arctic drilling plans

SEATTLE, May 16 (Reuters) - Hundreds of activists in kayaks and small boats fanned out on a Seattle bay on Saturday to protest plans by Royal Dutch Shell to resume oil exploration in the Arctic and keep two of its drilling rigs stored in the city's port.

UPDATE 1-Seattle flotilla protests Shell's Arctic drilling plans

SEATTLE, May 16 (Reuters) - Hundreds of activists in kayaks and small boats fanned out on a Seattle bay on Saturday to protest plans by Royal Dutch Shell to resume oil exploration in the Arctic and keep two of its drilling rigs stored in the city's port.<

UPDATE 2-Suicide bomber in northern Nigeria kills at least 7 - witnesses

DAMATURU, Nigeria, May 16 (Reuters) - A young female suicide bomber blew herself up in Damaturu, the capital of northern Nigeria's Yobe State, killing at least seven people on Saturday, witnesses said.

UPDATE 2-Monitor says Syria state TV carried incorrect report on raid

BEIRUT, May 16 (Reuters) - A group tracking the Syrian civil war said a report on Syrian state TV claiming the army had killed an Islamic State official had incorrectly taken credit for a raid carried out by U.S.

UPDATE 1-Bomb in northern Nigeria kills at least 7 - Reuters witness

DAMATURU, Nigeria, May 16 (Reuters) - A bomb blast in Damaturu, the capital of northern Nigeria's Yobe State, killed at least 7 people on Saturday, a Reuters witness at a nearby hospital said.

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