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China Q1 crude oil imports rise 7.5 pct to 80.34 mln tonnes - customs

BEIJING, April 13 (Reuters) - China imported 80.34 million tonnes of crude oil in the first quarter of 2015, amounting to 6.52 million barrels per day (bpd) and up 7.5 percent compared to the same period of last year, the country's customs authority said on Monday.

UPDATE 1-Britain's Miliband seeks to bolster economic credentials in bid to win power

LONDON, April 13 (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband will seek to allay concerns about his party's economic competence by unveiling a manifesto on Monday that pledges to protect the national finances and end tax avoidance by the rich.

KBR secures contract for Corpus Christi West refinery expansion in US

KBR has received a reimbursable contract from Flint Hills Resources for modification and expansion of its Corpus Christi West refinery.

As rivers dry up, Chile copper mines turn to the Pacific for water

CAIMANES, Chile, April 12 (Reuters) - Alvaro Badillo remembers a time when his dad would take him fishing in the stream just a stone's throw away from the dusty streets of their small hometown of Caimanes in central Chile.

Britain's Miliband seeks to bolster economic credentials in bid to win power

LONDON, April 12 (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband will seek to allay concerns about his party's economic competence by unveiling a manifesto on Monday that pledges to protect the national finances and end tax avoidance by the rich.

RPT-New reckoning for copper miners now running in the red

* Graphic: http://graphics.thomsonreuters.com/15/04/COPPER.jpg

Unions call for strike at Dutch oil storage firm Vopak

AMSTERDAM, April 12 (Reuters) - Unions representing staff at the Dutch oil storage company Vopak said on Sunday they would call strikes at the company's terminals after a deadline passed for it to offer better employment conditions to 800 workers.

Sudan votes in elections boycotted by opposition groups

KHARTOUM, April 13 (Reuters) - Sudanese begin voting on Monday in an election boycotted by the main opposition parties which looks set to extend President Omar Hassan al-Bashir's more than 25 years in power.

UPDATE 2-Buhari's party wins Lagos vote, shoring up Nigeria rule

* Voting extended in affected places (Recasts lead with APC win in Lagos state)

Saudi minister in Pakistan after lawmakers reject troop request

ISLAMABAD, April 12 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's minister for religious affairs arrived in Pakistan late on Sunday, two days after the country's parliament rejected a Saudi appeal for support for its military intervention in Yemen.

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