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* UN negotiations ongoing to end Libya crisis (Adds more details, context throughout)

March 7 (Reuters) - Firefighters were still working on Saturday to extinguish several blazes that erupted when a BNSF Railway train loaded with crude oil derailed two days ago in a rural area of northwestern Illinois, a local official said.

RABAT, March 7 (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Saturday delegates from Libya's warring factions had made progress toward a unity government in U.N.-backed negotiations, and a Libyan delegate said they would resume discussions next week.

March 7 (Reuters) - Firefighters on Saturday were still working to extinguish several blazes that erupted when a BNSF Railway train loaded with crude oil derailed two days ago in a rural area south of Galena, Illinois, a local official said.

PRAGUE/TRIPOLI, March 7 (Reuters) - Around 10 foreigners are missing after an attack on a Libyan oil field and there is a possibility they have been taken hostage, Czech Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek said on Saturday.

PRAGUE, March 7 (Reuters) - Several foreigners including a Czech and an Austrian are missing after gunmen attacked the Al-Ghani oilfield in Libya this week, the Czech Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

TRIPOLI, March 7 (Reuters) - An influential Islamist supporter of Libya's self-declared government said United Nations talks were the only way to end the country's conflict, but signalled a deal would be hard while a rival government works with a former ally of Muammar Gaddafi.

* Divisions over whether to act quickly on renewing sanctions

BEIJING, March 7 (Reuters) - China's decision to allow more independent oil refiners to import crude oil will help to improve fuel quality and lower domestic fuel prices, the governor of Shandong province, the country's hub of small refineries, said.

BEIJING, March 7 (Reuters) - China could struggle to meet its 2020 nuclear energy targets with the industry still waiting on a cautious government to speed up the approval process, a senior industry executive said on Saturday.

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