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Erdogan to visit Iran despite tensions - presidency

ANKARA, April 5 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will visit Tehran for high level meetings on Tuesday, despite recent tensions over the Saudi-led bombing operation in Yemen.

UPDATE 2-Gunmen kill nine, gas pipeline hit in Nigeria's oil-rich delta

* Week after presidential election, some unrest in delta states

Militants blow up natural gas pipeline in Nigeria's delta state

YENAGOA, Nigeria, April 4 (Reuters) - Militants of the Urhobo minority ethnic group blew up a natural gas pipeline in Nigeria's Delta state in the early hours on Friday, a Nigerian official said on Saturday.

Gunmen kill nine in Nigeria's oil-rich delta state Rivers

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, April 4 (Reuters) - Gunmen killed nine people and injured two in a shooting spree in the Nigerian town of Obrikom and the nearby village of Obor, in oil-producing Rivers state, on Friday evening, a police spokesman and witnesses said on Saturday.

Fidel Castro appears in public for first time in over a year

HAVANA, April 4 (Reuters) - Former Cuban President Fidel Castro, 88, appeared in public "full of vitality" for the first time in more than a year on Monday, greeting a delegation of Venezuelans, official media reported on Saturday.

Kuwait's Kufpec says it has raised additional $1.5 billion loan

DUBAI, April 4 (Reuters) - Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (Kufpec), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corp, said on Saturday it had received an additional $1.5 billion loan, raising a previous debt it took last November to $2.5 billion.

Ukraine to triple gas imports from Russia in April - Russian minister

MOSCOW, April 4 (Reuters) - Ukraine has asked for 1 billion cubic metres of gas imports from Russia in April, trebling the amount it received in March, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Saturday.

UPDATE 2-Obama asks Congress to widen Arctic refuge protections

WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday finalized its recommendation to expand protected areas of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, calling on Congress to block about 12 million acres (5 million hectares) from oil and gas drilling.

U.S. recommends 12 mln acre 'wilderness' area in Arctic refuge -White House

WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) - Revised recommendations by the Obama administration call for designating 12.28 million acres (5 million hectares) as wilderness in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the White House said on Friday.

U.S. would not back Iran deal that threatens Israel -White House spokesman

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, April 3 (Reuters) - The United States would not sign on to an agreement over Iran's nuclear program that would threaten Israel, the White House said on Friday, one day after negotiators in Switzerland announced a framework for a nuclear deal.

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