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March 20 (Reuters) - The number of rigs drilling for oil in the United States continued to decline this week, falling 41 to 825, the lowest rig count in four years, oil services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely-watched survey on Friday.

KIEV, March 20 (Reuters) - A raid by a group of armed men in combat fatigues on a state-owned oil company in the Ukrainian capital Kiev caused uproar in parliament on Friday and thrust banking billionaire Ihor Kolomoisky into the spotlight.

CALGARY, Alberta, March 20 (Reuters) - Canada's top rodeo is feeling the impact of the global oil price plunge, with bids to sponsor one of the Calgary Stampede's main events down more than 20 percent from last year.

WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to London on Saturday to meet with his European counterparts to discuss the Iran nuclear negotiations, the State Department said on Friday.

TBILISI, March 20 (Reuters) - Ex-Soviet Georgia will build a major hydropower plant with the help of a $250 million loan arranged by the International Financial Corporation (IFC), the development institution said on Friday.

Oil companies continued to chase acreage for pricey sums in Central Gulf of Mexico despite low oil prices, even though the total amounts captured in the lease sale were far less than in recent years.

Solar Power Inc., a renewable-energy developer backed by China’s LDK Solar Co., is joining with Aqua Clean Energy to develop floating solar projects in the U.S. and Mexico.

WARSAW, March 20 (Reuters) - European Council President Donald Tusk said on Friday it was increasingly difficult to maintain a united European Union position on sanctions imposed on Russia over its involvement in the Ukraine crisis.

The U.K. company planning the world’s first tidal-lagoon power station said its next plant may generate electricity at almost half the price.

* Germany to exit nuclear power by 2022 (Updates with Economy Ministry letter in paras 11-13)

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