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UPDATE 2-Blocked entrance to Brazil's Santos port to open overnight

(Adds comment from port authority, companies) By Gustavo Bonato and Caroline Stauffer SAO PAULO, April 8 (Reuters) - Trucks will be able to access a blocked entrance at Santos, Brazil's largest port, at night while firefighters finish extinguishing a blaze at a nearby fuel-storage facility, city and port authorities said.

In Indonesia, a power plant impasse and a faltering president

PONOWARENG, Indonesia/JAKARTA, April 9 (Reuters) - Indonesia announced with great fanfare in 2011 that it would build Southeast Asia's biggest coal-fired power plant on the island of Java, but the $4 billion project is yet to be launched and President Joko Widodo is on the horns of a dilemma.

China sales of smaller, leaner SUVs soar amid car controls

BEIJING, April 9 (Reuters) - Edward Bao, a Chinese highway operations manager in the coastal city of Ningbo, is hunting for a bigger car for his young family and is considering trading up from a compact sedan to a sports utility vehicle (SUV).

Apache exits Australia E&P business with $2.1 bln sale

April 8 (Reuters) - U.S. oil and gas company Apache Corp said it would exit its exploration and production business in Australia by selling its unit there to a consortium of private equity funds for $2.1 billion in cash.

UPDATE 2-Russia could give Greece advance funds for future gas project - sources

MOSCOW, April 8 (Reuters) - Russia is considering soon giving Greece funds based on future profits it could earn from shipping Russian gas to Europe as part of a pipeline extension, two Greek government sources said on Wednesday.

US STOCKS-Wall St ends with modest gains after Fed minutes

* Fed minutes indicate rate hike in 2015; members differ on month

UPDATE 1-Shell-BG deal could face bumpy ride from partner rights

LONDON, April 8 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc's agreed $70 billion takeover of rival BG Group could trigger pre-emption rights in key oil and gas fields that would erode the potential benefits of the deal for the Anglo-Dutch oil giant.

CORRECTED-Shell-BG deal could face bumpy ride from partner rights

LONDON, April 8 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc's agreed $70 billion takeover of rival BG Group could trigger pre-emption rights in key oil and gas fields that would erode the potential benefits of the deal for the Anglo-Dutch oil giant.

US STOCKS-Wall St rises in volatile trading after Fed minutes

* Fed minutes indicate rate hike in 2015, but members differ on month

Russian trawler was sunk by greed and corruption - investigators

MOSCOW, April 8 (Reuters) - Greed and corruption were to blame for the sinking of a Russian trawler last week in which at least 56 crew died, a spokesman for investigators said on Wednesday.

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