ABU DHABI (Reuters) – The Chief Executive of French oil major Total said he would not deny a report that the firm was in talks to sell assets in Nigeria, worth about $2.4 billion, to China’s Sinopec. A Bloomberg report last week said Asia’s largest refiner China’s Sinopec was close to buying stakes in Nigerian onshore oil blocks from Total. “Yes we are discussing with certain buyers about selling certain assets in Nigeria,” said Total CEO Christophe de Margerie, declining to name the potential buyer or value of the deal but saying he would not deny the report. …
Total still hopes to restart UK Elgin gas field this year
DUBAI (Reuters) – French oil company Total still hopes to restart gas production at the Elgin Franklin platform in the North Sea by year end but it may not be possible until early next year, a senior executive said on Sunday. The fields were shut after a gas leak in May and the company had aimed to restart production by the end of the year, but that may depend on whether British safety regulator the HSE is happy with the company's restart plan. "We still have the objective of restarting the fields at the end of this year to the beginning of next year. … Total still hopes to restart UK Elgin gas field this year
DUBAI (Reuters) – French oil company Total still hopes to restart gas production at the Elgin Franklin platform in the North Sea by year en d but it may not be possible until early next year, a senior executive said on Sunday. The fields were shut after a gas leak in May and the company had aimed to restart production by the end of the year, but that may depend on whether British safety regulator the HSE is happy with the company's restart plan. "We still have the objective of restarting the fields at the end of this year to the beginning of next year. … Attacker in Afghan army uniform kills NATO soldier
KABUL (Reuters) – An attacker wearing an Afghan army uniform killed a member of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in the south of Afghanistan on Sunday, the force said. At least 57 members of ISAF Have been killed in so-called insider attacks this year, undermining trust between coalition and Afghan forces as NATO prepares to withdraw most combat troops by the end of 2014. “An individual in an Afghan National Army uniform turned his weapon against ISAF service members, killing one,” an ISAF spokesman said, declining to give the victim’s nationality. …
Finmeccanica head open to splitting CEO, chairman roles: report
MILAN (Reuters) – Finmeccanica SpA chief Giuseppe Orsi reiterated that he would not step down from Europe's third-biggest defense group but said in a newspaper interview that he favored separating the roles of chairman and chief executive. Orsi, the subject of a high-profile corruption probe that has cast a shadow over his position at the group, told Italian daily Il Messaggero that he had only accepted the dual role at the request of the Italian government, Finmeccanica's main shareholder. … France could invest with Libya in Petroplus: minister
PARIS (Reuters) – France could co-invest alongside Libya’s sovereign wealth fund if the wealth fund takes over insolvent Swiss refiner Petroplus’ plant in Normandy, industry minister Arnaud Montebourg says. Montebourg, keen to secure a rescue of the Petit Couronne plant, the oldest refinery in France, heads to Libya with French foreign minister Laurent Fabius on Monday. …
1 person killed in sectarian clashes in Lebanon
Security officials say shooting between Sunni and Shiite Muslim gunmen in southern Lebanon has killed one person and wounded at least three.
The Dutch woman who ran away with Colombia's FARC
Smiling into the camera, a young female guerrilla picked up her guitar and dedicated a song to her family. “Don't Cry For Me Argentina,” Tanja Nijmeijer sang to her parents in Holland, who had not seen her in years.
Singles Day: China's quirky holiday becomes e-commerce bonanza for Alibaba, other merchants
and possibly the world’s -- busiest online shopping day.
Ghana: Rescuers still hunt through rubble of collapsed building, as family members stand vigil
ACCRA, Ghana – Workers had congregated for morning prayers on the ground floor of the Melcom retail store in northern Accra Wednesday morning at around 9:15 when they heard a “boom, boom, boom” and the five-story building collapsed around them, trapping some 80 people under the rubble and killing at least 17.
French president lays wreath under Arc de Triomphe to remember war dead on Armistice Day
PARIS – President Francois Hollande is reviewing troops around Paris’ iconic Arc de Triomphe and laying a wreath on the tomb of the unknown solider beneath the arch to commemorate France’s war dead.
Sick, frail struggle most in storm's aftermath as support networks disintegrate
the elderly, the disabled and the chronically ill -- have been pushed to the brink in the powerless, flood-ravaged neighbourhoods struggling to recover from Superstorm Sandy.
Bahrain opposition leader: Hopes fading for talks
The head of Bahrain’s main opposition group says envoys from the U.S. and other countries are acting as intermediaries with the Gulf nation’s rulers, seeking to ease 21 months of unrest.
Brother says parents' anti-Semitism, hate helped radicalize French gunman who killed 7
PARIS – The radicalization of the French gunman who killed seven people on an eight-day shooting spree this spring began at home, his brother recounts in a new book and documentary, according to media reports.
In first, Irish PM lays wreath for British war dead
BELFAST (Reuters) – Ireland's prime minister laid a wreath to honor fallen soldiers at a British Remembrance Day service for the first time on Sunday, the latest gesture of reconcil iation between historic foes. Annual Remembrance Day services to honor Britain's war dead and the wearing of the traditional poppy are controversial in Ireland because of abuses committed by soldiers in Northern Ireland and during British rule in Ireland before independence. … AQ Khan: Father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb jumps into politics
The father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb has launched a political party, which plans to participate in the next presidential election slated for early 2013.
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