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CORRECTED-Nearly 1 million Brazilians protest Rousseff, economic woes

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 15 (Reuters) - Close to a million demonstrators marched in cities and towns across Brazil Sunday to protest a sluggish economy, rising prices and corruption - and to call for the impeachment of leftist President Dilma Rousseff.

UPDATE 1-Algerian ex oil executives on trial on corruption charges

* Italy also pushing for court case on Eni's Saipem (Adds details from the case)

UPDATE 1-Sisi confident after investment summit; now for the hard part

* Economy hurting since 2011 Arab spring uprising (Adds quote)

Sisi confident after investment summit: now the hard part

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, March 15 (Reuters) - President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was so confident after Egypt signed billions of dollars of deals at an investment summit that he publicly joked on Sunday about haggling with the world's top chief executives.

UPDATE 1-Venezuela ordered to pay oil firm Tidewater $46 mln after vessels seized

CARACAS, March 15 (Reuters) - A World Bank tribunal has ordered Venezuela to pay oil service company Tidewater around $46 million in compensation for seized vessels, in a decision the South American country hailed as a victory.

Pro-business Buenos Aires mayor gains in presidential race

BUENOS AIRES, March 15 (Reuters) - Argentina's economy may be stagnant but the capital city Buenos Aires is looking better than it has in years, boosting the popularity of its mayor as he prepares to run for president in October.

EU proposal to send soldiers to Libya met with scepticism

BRUSSELS, March 15 (Reuters) - European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini wants the EU to consider sending soldiers to Libya to back up a potential national unity government but the plan has met with scepticism from EU governments worried about the risks.

Ukraine's president says truce not working, urges more Russia sanctions -newspaper

FRANKFURT, March 15 (Reuters) - Ukraine's president accused Russian-backed separatists in the east of failing to respect a ceasefire with Ukrainian troops and called for further sanctions on Russia in comments to a German newspaper to be published on Monday.<

Ex Algerian oil execs on trial over corruption charges

ALGIERS, March 15 (Reuters) - A group of top former Algerian state oil company officials including an ex-chief executive went on trial on Sunday facing corruption charges in a scandal involving the North African country and foreign suppliers.

RPT-Weak euro to help European companies, force U.S. rivals to adapt

LONDON, March 13 (Reuters) - The euro's slide towards parity with the dollar will provide a much-needed boost for European companies this year and force U.S.

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