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MUMBAI, April 2 (Reuters) - Residents of a Mumbai suburb are taking on one of the country's biggest conglomerates in a rare grassroots protest against a 25-metre telecom mast that marks a new stumbling block in India's troubled push to get millions more online.

BANGKOK, April 2 (Reuters) - Most Southeast Asian stock markets rose on Thursday, led by energy shares, while Thai stock index climbed to the highest in almost three weeks as tourism-related stocks gained after the government lifted martial law. The benchmark SET index was up 0.5 percent at 1,532.94. It earlier hit 1,539.65, the highest since March 16.

MOSCOW, April 2 (Reuters) - Russian services conglomerate Sistema said on Thursday it made a $5.3 billion net loss in the fourth quarter of 2014 compared to $47.7 million in profit a year earlier due to the loss of oil company Bashneft.

BEIJING, April 2 (Reuters) - China will give foreign companies more access to invest in large water projects as Beijing looks for ways to finance a massive infrastructure programme aimed at tackling chronic shortages.

ANKARA, April 1 (Reuters) - Turkey and Iran have accused each other of trying to dominate the Middle East as they back opposing sides in the crisis in Yemen, but the war of words is unlikely to permanently damage a relationship driven by deepening economic ties.

ADEN, April 2 (Reuters) - Houthi forces pulled back from positions in central Aden after air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition at dawn on Thursday, residents of the southern Yemeni port city said.

April 2 (Reuters) - Premier Oil Plc said it discovered oil and gas at a well in the Falkland Islands.

KIEV, April 2 (Reuters) - Ukraine has signed a new agreement to buy Russian gas over the next three months at $248 per thousand cubic metres, after paying $329 in the first quarter of this year under the just expired 'winter package', the Ukrainian energy ministry said on Thursday.

-Clyde Russell is a Reuters columnist. The views expressed are his own.-

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