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UK Government Names Clean Energy Cabinet Members

With the UK general election now over and a majority Conservative Party government in place, the re-elected Prime Minister David Cameron has now named key members of the government charged with steering the UK’s clean energy policy over the coming years.

Mexico plans land reform to boost investment - sources

MEXICO CITY, May 14 (Reuters) - Mexico's government is drawing up a land reform to strengthen the rights of private companies dealing with rural landholders in a bid to lure investment and lift the economy, according to two people familiar with the plan.

Monsanto's Syngenta gambit hinges on sale of seed businesses - sources

LONDON/FRANKFURT, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S.

White House says open to giving GCC partners major non-NATO ally status

WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - The White House said on Thursday that it was open to the idea of granting its Gulf Cooperation Council partners major non-NATO ally status.

Brazil president says to maintain oil rules, national content

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 14 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said on Thursday that her government will maintain rules that mandate production-sharing contracts for the country's most promising areas and high national content requirements for the oil industry.

White House says Obama, Gulf leaders to discuss Syria on Thursday

CAMP DAVID, Md., May 14 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Gulf leaders were to discuss strategies for Syria on Thursday, White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes told reporters at a briefing.

US coal producers try to keep utilities' attention despite cheap gas

The tension between US coal producers and fuel buyers was evident at a recent conference, where the coal industry asked for help but utilities are tempted by cheap natural gas for power generation.

Obama updates Gulf leaders on Iran talks, seeks support for deal

CAMP DAVID, Md., May 14 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday updated leaders from Gulf states on international efforts to forge a nuclear deal with Iran, U.S. deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said.

INSIGHT -Global glut threatens West African iron ore ambitions

PEPEL, Sierra Leone, May 14 (Reuters) - Red piles of iron ore and rusting railway wagons in the deserted stockyard at the port of Pepel bear silent witness to a crisis engulfing Sierra Leone's mining industry and threatening others across West Africa.

Iran was trying to settle legal dispute with ship -U.S. official

WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - Iran appeared to be trying to intercept a Singapore-flagged commercial ship on Thursday in order to settle a legal dispute, a U.S. official told Reuters, saying the Alpine Eternity reportedly hit an Iranian-owned oil platform in March.

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