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UPDATE 1- Republicans take first steps to kill five Obama-era regulations

WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - House Republicans on Monday
began the process of killing five Obama-era rules on corruption,
the environment, labor and guns under the first real test of the
Congressional Review Act, a law intended to keep regulation in
check.

Venezuela's Maduro seen bolstering grip on PDVSA after shake-up

CARACAS, Jan 30 (Reuters) - PDVSA's new senior executive
line-up includes a Venezuelan navy rear-admiral, Hugo Chavez's
former Twitter manager and a leader of the late leftist
president's failed 1992 coup.

UPDATE 1-France, worried by Trump, promises to defend Iran nuclear deal

* Ayrault says U.S. visa bans discriminate, are dangerous

(Adds Ayrault's comments on U.S. visa ban)

House Republicans prepare to kill five Obama-era regulations

WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - House Republicans were set on
Monday to begin the process of killing five Obama-era rules on
corruption, the environment, labor and guns under the first real
test of a law intended to keep regulation in check.

UPDATE 1-Swedish government: won't oppose port making Nord Stream deal

STOCKHOLM, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The Swedish government said on
Monday it would not hinder Russia's Gazprom in its
plan to use a southern Swedish port as a base for construction
of a gas pipeline project that has raised security concerns.

France, worried by Trump, promises to be defender of Iran nuclear deal

TEHRAN, Jan 30 (Reuters) - France vowed on Monday to act as
defender of Iran's nuclear deal, which U.S. President Donald
Trump has threatened to tear up, but said it was imperative
Tehran abide strictly by the conditions of the accord.

UPDATE 3-U.S. will change course on climate policy, says former EPA transition head

LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The United States will switch
course on climate change and pull out of a global pact to cut
emissions, said Myron Ebell, who headed U.S. President Donald
Trump's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) transition team
until his inauguration.

US natgas pipelines seek prompt FERC decisions to avoid potential delay

Jan 30 (Reuters) - Changes at the top of the U.S. Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission last week prompted several energy
firms to request the agency make decisions this week on proposed
natural gas pipelines to avoid potential construction delays.

European shares slip on weaker commodities, M&A optimism limits losses

* Commodities among top fallers

U.S. lawmaker moves to scrap SEC's 'resource extraction' rule

WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - A senior U.S. lawmaker
unveiled a legislative plan on Monday to scrap a rule devised
under the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law requiring
publicly-traded mining, oil and gas companies to disclose
payments they make to foreign governments.

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