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UPDATE 1-Iraqi forces retake most of Iraq's largest refinery -officials

BAGHDAD, April 18 (Reuters) - Iraqi forces retook most of the country's largest refinery from Islamic State on Saturday, security officials said, reversing gains by the militants who seized parts of the sprawling complex this week.

Iraqi forces retake most of Baiji refinery-officials

BAGHDAD, April 18 (Reuters) - Iraqi forces regained control over most of Baiji refinery on Saturday, security officials said, reversing some gains by Islamic State militants who have gone on the offensive this week.

UPDATE 1-Russia's Putin says ready to work with United States -TV

MOSCOW, April 18 (Reuters) - Russia has key interests in common with the United States and needs to work with it on a common agenda, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday in a television interview.

China's Xi urges Yemen resolution in call with Saudi king

BEIJING, April 18 (Reuters) - Efforts should be stepped up to seek a political solution to the crisis in Yemen, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Saudi Arabia's King Salman in a telephone call, China's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

Production normal at S.Africa's largest refinery after fire

CAPE TOWN, April 18 (Reuters) - Production at the 172,000 barrels per day Sapref refinery, South Africa's largest and co-owned by BP and Shell, is normal following a pipeline fire that was extinguished on Saturday morning, a spokeswoman said.

UPDATE 4-California gas pipeline explosion, fire injure up to 15 people

SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 17 (Reuters) - A construction crew on Friday accidentally ruptured a natural gas transmission line in Fresno, California, sparking an explosion and fire that injured up to 15 people, four of them critically, officials said.

California environmental groups sue over refinery marine terminal

SAN FRANCISCO, April 17 (Reuters) - Conservation groups filed a lawsuit against California on Friday, saying the state did not adequately consider environmental factors when it approved a 30-year lease last month for a marine terminal at Tesoro Corp's refinery near San Francisco Bay.

UPDATE 1-Mexico awards highway project to sons of banned contractor

(Adds transport ministry statement) By Elinor Comlay MEXICO CITY, April 16 (Reuters) - Mexico has awarded a $75 million highway contract to a company closely linked to a contractor that was banned from government work after botching two projects, including a job on the same highway. The Communications and Transport Ministry awarded the road contract late last year to a business named Epccor. Epccor is owned by the sons of Juan Diego Gutierrez Cortina, who controls a company that i

California gas pipeline explosion, fire injure up to 15 people

LOS ANGELES, April 17 (Reuters) - A construction crew accidentally ruptured a natural gas transmission line on Friday in Fresno, California, igniting an explosion and fire that injured up to 15 people, at least one of them critically, a fire department spokesman said.

UPDATE 1-Part of Mississippi River closed after Phillips 66 pipeline spill

April 17 (Reuters) - A section of the Mississippi River was closed on Friday following a diesel spill from a pipeline belonging to Phillips 66, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

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