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Kiwis, Aussies wary ahead of World Cup pool match

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WELLINGTON (AP) - Cricket World Cup favorites Australia and New Zealand have are circling each other warily ahead of their Pool A game at Eden Park on Saturday, as a lack of familiarity breeds respect.The Australasian neighbors havent met in a one-day international since the last World Cup they were due play each other at the 2013 Champions Trophy, but that match was washed out.While they wont be lacking intelligence on each other both use anaysts to minutely explore the strengths and weaknesses of opposing players and most play with and against each other in Twenty20 leagues facing each other as national teams will be a new experience.Austalian opener Aaron Finch called it strange that teams so geographically close have played each other so rarely.

Gas pipeline blown up in Dera Bugti

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DERA BUGTI (Dunya News) - According to details, miscreants blew up an 18-inch diameter gas pipeline in Loti area near Dera Bugti in Balochistan on early Tuesday Morning.Sui officials reported that a gas pipeline in Loti area was exploded by some unidentified militants, suspending the gas supply to Dera Bugti and its adjoining areas.

Football: FIFA seeks accord on 2022 World Cup dates

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DOHA (AFP) - A FIFA task force meets in Qatar this week to try to set dates for the 2022 World Cup -- with a groundbreaking but highly controversial winter tournament likely.Officials from footballs global governing body, top leagues and players representatives will meet in the Gulf state on Tuesday to try to seek agreement.A November-December tournament is considered favourite. But the task force will make a recommendation to FIFA whose executive committee will decide on March 19-20 in Zurich. While concerns about Qatars baking summer temperatures caused the calls for a change, the meeting comes as the Gulf state suffers some of its worst weather for months with cold winds and sandstorms.FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke said last month that the 2022 World Cup will not be in June or July.But the dates are still disputed, especially by Europes powerful leagues.If the World Cup is to be played in November, players and fans would enjoy temperatures around 25 degrees Celsius (77 Fahrenheit), similar to conditions played in recent World Cups.But an alternative date will be offered on Tuesday by the European Club Association, which represents the continents major teams such as Real Madrid and Manchester United. It wants the tournament played in May and June 2022, so that the multi-billion dollar domestic leagues and Champions League trophy are not disturbed.The clubs are likely to be unsuccessful as European footballs governing body, UEFA, has already accepted a switch to winter.The final decision must also seek to avoid a clash with the International Olympic Committee as the 2022 Winter Olympics will be in January or February.IOC leader Thomas Bach says signals sent by FIFA indicate the two events will not be held at the same time. Qatar has a double interest as it has said it would like to host the Summer Olympics in the near future, making it more likely no one in the Gulf will want to annoy the IOC.Outside the Olympics, a tournament in November and December would clash with the NFL and NBA seasons in the United States.And there is also the question of broadcasters who bid for the 2022 tournament on the basis it would be held in a northern hemisphere summer, but will now have to change their schedules.Sitting somewhat in the sidelines on Tuesday will be Qatars World Cup committee. Officials say they will attend the meeting on an observer basis only. The tiny Gulf state has said it is happy to host the World Cup on whichever date FIFA finally chooses.Qatar, which is developing air cooling technology to help players and fans if there is a summer tournament, wants no more controversy after the corruption allegations hurled at its bid. Once a date is set there will, no doubt, be further questions asked about the original controversial selection of Qatar to host the World Cup, given the enormous upheaval imposed by moving the tournament to another part of the calendar.The dates recommended by the task force could kickstart the beginning of a potentially messy compensation process.Europes top clubs have said they will want reimbursing for the disruption to their core business, the domestic leagues.And one of the most powerful voices from one of Europes biggest clubs, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge of Bayern Munich, has already warned that clubs are not ready to pay.

Football: Older, bolder Man City seek Barcelona revenge

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MANCHESTER (AFP) - Emboldened by a years extra experience and given hope by contrasting weekend results, Manchester City go in search of vengeance against Barcelona in the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday.Barcelona won 4-1 on aggregate when the teams faced off at the same stage of last seasons competition and had won 11 games in a row before losing 1-0 to Malaga on Saturday, but City believe they are now better equipped to beat them.When the teams met a year ago, City were in the thick of a sapping schedule of 14 matches in seven and a half weeks, while a hamstring injury restricted Sergio Aguero to just 45 minutes of the second leg.Twelve months on, Aguero is fit and in form, and although Yaya Toure will miss Tuesdays first leg at the Etihad Stadium as he completes a three-game ban, City are otherwise at full strength.Manuel Pellegrinis side have shrugged off a recent run of poor form to record handsome wins over Stoke City and Newcastle United, enabling them to close to within five points of leaders Chelsea in the Premier League.But although City midfielder Samir Nasri believes his side showed Barcelona too much respect last year, Pellegrini has warned that his players will need to remain watchful if they are to exact revenge.In terms of possession, there are two things we have to think about, said the City manager, whose side crushed Newcastle 5-0 on Saturday.Weve got to try to get the ball back as quick as we can and be very intense, because they have technically gifted players who know how to keep the ball.And the second thing is, when we have the ball, not to give it away cheaply.Both games last season followed similar patterns, with Lionel Messi twice opening the scoring, Dani Alves twice adding a late goal, and City twice having a defender sent off -- Martin Demichelis in the first leg and Pablo Zabaleta in the second.Demicheliss dismissal at the Etihad, for a last-man foul on Messi that yielded a penalty from which the Argentine put Barcelona ahead, left Pellegrini furious and he was given a two-game touchline ban by UEFA for lambasting Swedish referee Jonas Eriksson.Now under the tutelage of Luis Enrique, Barcelona are a different team to the tiki-taka devotees of old, spring-mounted to move the ball forward as quickly as possible to a devastating front three of Neymar, Luis Suarez and Messi, who has already scored 14 goals in 2015.Enrique had to field several questions about his sides loss to Malaga during a tetchy pre-match press conference, but he said the sense of occasion on Tuesday would help his team refocus.Asked if playing in England provided extra motivation, the Barcelona coach said: It certainly does when you travel to a country like this with such a tradition of football.Particularly when playing against an opponent like yourself with a motivation to win the Champions League.Were going into the decisive phase of the tournament. Only one of us can go through, so obviously you take it really, really seriously.City have already demonstrated that they can thrive in Europe without Toure, having engineered a stunning group-phase escape -- a stirring 3-2 win against Bayern Munich, in which Aguero scored a hat-trick, followed by a 2-0 victory at Roma -- without the influential Ivorian in their ranks.Fit again after a knee problem, James Milner could be drafted into midfield, while Aguero is expected to lead the line alone, with new signing and Champions League newcomer Wilfried Bony on the bench.Discipline will be a key concern for the hosts, however, with Aguero, Zabaleta, Gael Clichy and Edin Dzeko all one booking away from suspension.Barcelonas group-phase progress was rather more serene, despite a 3-2 loss at Paris Saint-Germain, and their only absentees are long-term injury victims Thomas Vermaelen and Douglas.

Football: 10-man Napoli close on Roma after Sassuolo victory

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TURIN (AFP) - Second-half goals by Colombian striker Duvan Zapata and playmaker Marek Hamsik guided Napoli to a 2-0 win over Sassuolo in their Serie A clash on Monday and saw the victors close the gap on second-placed Roma.Napoli -- who are just three points in arrears of Roma who have dropped points galore with a run of eight draws in nine games -- managed to hold on despite Belgian midfielder Dries Mertens being sent off only six minutes after coming on as a substitute for a tackle from behind on Simone Missiroli.For Napoli it was their fifth win in six matches and while the 12 point gap to leaders and defending champions Juventus might appear insurmountable the three point gap with Roma for the second automatic Champions League spot certainly is.Zapata more than made up for the absence of the suspended Argentinian international striker Gonzalo Higuain in scoring the opener in the 61st minute.Slovakian star Hamsik, who had set up the first, doubled the lead nine minutes later with a smartly taken curling effort from inside the area after the Colombian had returned the favour by laying the ball back to him.Mertens dismissal came soon afterwards but Napoli still ahd enough of an edge in class to hold on to their lead over a Sassuolo side that could yet get sucked into a relegation battle.Mondays late game sees relegation-threatened Cagliari host Inter Milan, who are only three points and a place above Sassuolo.

Obama pressures Congress on US security, immigration

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama fought back Monday against Republican efforts to block his immigration plan, urging a federal court to allow the shielding of deportations and demanding Congress fund homeland security.The Justice Department filed a motion Monday to a federal court in Texas calling for it to stay its injunction issued last week against the immigration plan -- a blow to Obamas efforts to reform a system most lawmakers agree is broken.Obamas plan, issued by executive order, would shield some four million undocumented people in the country from deportation and provide those who qualify with temporary work permits, but critics say its an abuse of presidential power.Immigration is shaping up as a political flashpoint of 2015 in the US.In a bid to directly block the unilateral action, Republicans introduced amendments to a Department of Homeland Security funding bill that would grind the immigration plan to a halt.The measure has stalled in the Senate, and lawmakers have until Friday to ram the legislation through, craft a compromise, or risk a DHS shutdown.If Congress wants to have a debate about immigration, the president and I welcome that debate, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said.But dont tie that debate to the funding of the men and women standing behind me who have multiple missions on behalf of homeland security, he told reporters.I am urging in the four or so working days (lawmakers) have this week to figure out a way to break the impasse.Should Congress fail to agree on DHS funding, most agents in the field, including border security personnel, airport screeners, and Secret Service agents tasked with protecting the president, would remain on the job without pay.Funds for new border agents, training and equipment would be frozen. Crucial emergency management programs would halt.This is no way to run a government, Johnson said.Obama himself hammered the point home Monday to state governors gathered at the White House, where he warned of the trickle-down effect of withholding 100,000 salaries.These are folks who, if they dont have a paycheck, are not going to be able to spend that money in your states, Obama said.It will have a direct impact on your economy, and it will have a direct impact on Americas national security.Senate Republicans have introduced their DHS funding bill, complete with immigration-blocking amendments, three times, and Democrats have blocked it each time. A fourth vote was set for later Monday, with the same result expected.Some Republicans warned that their party will be blamed should Congress fail to fund DHS at a time of heightened security concerns.Republican Senator Lindsey Graham blamed Obamas failed foreign policy for the surge in terror threats, he told ABC News that the worst thing to do is having the Republican Party add gasoline to the fire by defunding the Department of Homeland Security.

UN report urges drones for peace missions

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UNITED NATIONS, United States, Feb 24, 2015 (AFP) - A UN report is calling for drones to be deployed in most peacekeeping missions as part of a major technological leap needed to help the United Nations confront world crises, the lead expert of the study said Monday.The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UNs largest peace force, has been using surveillance drones to monitor rebel groups in the east.This is essential technology for missions on the ground. Most missions should have it, said Jane Hotte Lule, head of the five-member panel that prepared the report on technology and innovation in UN peacekeeping.The report recommended the creation of new special technical missions that would provide the Security Council with satellite images and other real-time data on an unfolding emergency.We cant have the council ignorant of the circumstances that we are expecting it to take decisions on, said Hotte Lule.The technology is so advanced it should be put to the service of council deliberations.The recommendations were potentially controversial because the Security Council would have to agree to boost its use of technology in some countries where UN action is seen as intrusive.The panel found many UN peacekeeping missions to be woefully ill-equipped, with soldiers lacking in basic communications gear.The report did not address the thorny issue of financing the high-tech boost for UN peacekeeping, but Hotte Lule said the United Nations would turn to member states.One of the recommendations is the creation of a group of technology-contributing countries which would be able to provide drones, communications gear and other cutting-edge equipment to peace missions.The 144-page report was released amid rising concern about the safety of peacekeepers who are increasingly being deployed to countries struggling with violence and chaos.At least 44 peacekeepers have been killed in northern Mali since the mission was deployed in July 2013, many in bomb attacks.

French president Hollande vows stiffer penalties for hate speech

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PARIS (AFP) - French President Francois Hollande vowed Monday to introduce tougher penalties for racist, anti-semitic or homophobic remarks in the wake of last months terrorist attacks in Paris.Speaking at an annual dinner hosted by the countrys Jewish community, Hollande called for faster, more effective sanctions against hate speech and added: I want such speech to come under criminal law rather than press laws.Hollande said anti-semitism should be treated as an aggravating circumstance in the prosecution of all offences.Would-be jihadists would also face stiffer punishment under a draft intelligence bill to be unveiled next month, he said.Earlier Monday, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve announced that the authorities had confiscated the passports of six people suspected of planning to travel to the Middle East to wage jihad.France is still on high alert following Januarys shooting rampage by three jihadists who attacked the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine, a Jewish supermarket and police officers in a three-day campaign of terror that left 17 dead, including four Jews.The attacks were the worst in France in decades.The violence in Paris and more recently in Copenhagen, where two people were shot dead in attacks on a cultural centre and a synagogue, has sparked fears of a major threat from radical Islamists.

Libya parliament 'suspends' participation in talks

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BENGHAZI (AFP) - Libyas internationally recognised parliament on Monday suspended its participation in UN-brokered talks on the future of the war-wracked North African state, officials said.The chamber of representatives today voted in favour of suspending its participation in the dialogue, MP Issa al-Aribi announced on Facebook, ahead of a new round due to open in Morocco on Thursday.He did not elaborate, but both the LANA state news agency and parliaments own Facebook page confirmed the suspension.The parliament said it would issue a statement later giving the reasons for the decision which came after last Fridays terrorist attacks in Al-Qoba which killed or wounded dozens of people.The Islamic State jihadist group said it was behind suicide car bombings that the health ministry said killed 40 people, including six Egyptians, in the eastern town.Another parliamentarian, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the decision to pull out of talks was taken over fears that the international community would exert pressure to include Islamists in a future unity government.Last weeks beheading of 21 mainly Egyptian Coptic Christians by IS sparked Cairo to launch air strikes against the jihadists in Libya and call for an international coalition to hit the jihadists.State media in Egypt said almost 15,000 of its nationals have since flocked home from Libya via the border crossing at Sallum.UN envoy Bernardino Leon told the Security Council last week that the only cure for Libyas trauma was political.The United States on Monday renewed its call for dialogue, warning of the high stakes at play.We reiterate our call for all Libyan stakeholders to participate in the UN-led political dialogue, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters in Washington.Those who choose not to participate are excluding themselves from discussions which are critical to combating terrorism as well as to the overall peace, security and the stability and security of Libya.The international community faces a daunting task to find a political solution to the lawless nations political and military crisis.Libya is awash with weapons and opposing militias are battling for control of its cities and oil wealth.It has two rival governments and parliaments, those recognised by the international community sitting in the far east of the country and the others with ties to Islamists in the capital, Tripoli.Since launching efforts at dialogue in September, Leon has been unable to bring together leading players from the rival camps.The United Nations had invited the elected parliament and its Tripoli rival, the Islamist-dominated General National Congress, to the new round of talks in Morocco.On February 11, Leon met separately with officials from both sides in the southern Libyan oasis town of Ghadames -- the first between the two bodies since a national dialogue was launched last September.The UN envoy called the indirect talks positive and constructive, despite not managing to sit the rivals round the same table.Analysts believe efforts to bridge the gap will fail so long as the rival armed factions -- led by General Khalifa Haftar for the elected government and Fajr Libya for the GNC -- do not talk face to face.The situation has been further complicated by the factions each having their own regional backers.Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are said to support Haftar, while Qatar and Turkey favour Fajr Libya.Libya plunged into chaos after the 2011 revolution that toppled and killed Moamer Kadhafi, with heavily armed rival militias that had fought the longtime dictators forces rising to prominence.

Lightning kills five in Tanzania school

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DAR ES SALAAM (AFP) - A lightning strike in Tanzania killed four school children and their teacher on Monday as they sheltered in their classroom, a teacher said.Lightning struck at a classroom at Nyakasanda village and a teacher and four pupils died on the spot, said William Lituhi, local leader in the Kasulu district of eastern Tanzanias Kigoma region.A total 17 other school-children were injured in the explosion.

Anderson expects sledging, heat from Australia

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AUCKLAND (AFP) - New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson admits his players are braced for a verbal onslaught from Australia in their blockbuster World Cup clash in Auckland on Saturday.The Eden Park duel is likely to decide who tops Pool A and plays a relatively weaker team from Pool B in the quarter-finals.As a result, Anderson feels the Black Caps will face a charged-up Australia, but insists if the sledging starts, it will be one-way traffic.Their sledging tactics are well known now and something we havent involved ourselves in, Anderson told reporters.Were fairly neutral on the field. We stick to what we do. Well be expecting a bit of heat from them and I guess thats part of their game-plan and well just deal with it as it comes.Anderson, 24, said that despite the two sides not having completed a match against each other since the 2011 World Cup when Australia won by seven wickets, there will be few surprises come game day.You can play these guys without being in the international arena and see what theyre like. Theyre not going to be foreign, said Anderson, who has yet to face his trans-Tasman rivals.Theyre our neighbours from across the ditch. They dont have guys who come out of the back of the hand, anything like that. We just have to go about our work and stick by our blueprint.New Zealand are in a better position as they have won all their three games at this World Cup while Australia have not been in action since their convincing 111-run win against England in the opening game on February 14.Their second game against Bangladesh was abandoned due to heavy rain in Brisbane on Saturday.That prompted Australian opener Aaron Finch to declare the pressure of expectation will be on New Zealand as they will also be playing before a packed Eden Park.But Anderson played down the pressure hype.That might be mind games. Its the World Cup and every game is a pressure situation.Its exciting for us and we look at it as a positive to come out in front of a packed crowd at Eden Park, who hopefully will get stuck into the Aussies.With the amount of hype leading into the World Cup, and into the England game, then to come off such a great win, and such a big high, theres pros and cons with having a break, said Anderson.The fast-rising all-rounder smashed a match-winning 75 and took two wickets in New Zealands seven-wicket win against Sri Lanka and then took three more wickets in a lacklustre three-wicket victory against Scotland.New Zealand also hammered England by eight wickets in their last game, which Anderson believed put the Black Caps in a winning groove.We are on a bit of a roll and it would be nice to continue that. But the break will have done everybody good so we can come back in fresh.

Eating peanuts early could prevent allergy in infants: study

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MIAMI (AFP) - With peanut allergies on the rise worldwide, a study Monday found that contrary to previous advice, feeding foods containing peanuts to babies before 11 months of age may help prevent allergies.The findings in the New England Journal of Medicine are based on a British study of 640 children, aged four months to 11 months, who were considered at high risk of becoming allergic to peanuts either because of a pre-existing egg allergy or eczema, which can be linked to peanut allergy.Researchers at Evelina London Childrens Hospital randomized the children into two groups -- some were fed foods containing pureed peanuts and others were told to avoid peanuts until they turned five -- to see if avoiding peanuts was really the best way to prevent peanut allergy.They found that by age five, fewer than one percent of the children who ate food containing peanuts three or more times each week developed a peanut allergy, compared to 17.3 percent in the group that avoided peanuts entirely.The final results did not include 13 out of 319 randomized children who were excused after showing signs of peanut allergy early in the study.The children involved in the research were also not fed whole peanuts, which can be a choking hazard.This is an important clinical development and contravenes previous guidelines, said Gideon Lack, head of the Pediatric Allergy Department at Kings College London, who led the LEAP (Learning Early About Peanut Allergy) study. Whilst these were withdrawn in 2008 in the UK and US, our study suggests that new guidelines may be needed to reduce the rate of peanut allergy in our children, added Lack, who presented the findings at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology meeting in Houston, Texas. Lack urged parents of babies and young children with eczema or egg allergies to consult with their pediatrician about the possibility of trying to introduce peanuts into their childrens diet.Some experts said the study points to a new way of reducing peanut allergies, which have more than doubled in the last 10 years in Britain and North America.We have always been suspicious of a possible increased incidence of allergy to peanuts, and perhaps other foods, due to a delayed introduction of those foods usually occurring after the age of three, said Paul Lang, a pediatric allergist at North Shore Allergy and Asthma Institute in New York, who was not involved in the study.This study points to a possible earlier introduction of food to decrease the ability to become allergic to those foods.An allergy to peanuts can develop early in life. It is rarely outgrown and can be fatal. About one in 50 school age children in Britain are allergic to peanuts. The condition is estimated to affect one to three percent of children in the developed world. Incidence is also rising in Asia and Africa.Further work, known as the LEAP-On study, aims to research whether the same effects could be maintained if the children stopped eating peanuts for 12 months. Although there are still many unanswered questions about natural history of peanut and other food allergies, this study provides new valuable practical information, said Blanka Kaplan, pediatric allergist at Cohen Childrens Medical Center in New York. Kaplan was not involved in the study.It underscores the benefits of early peanut introduction and harm of unnecessary delay of peanut consumption in infants with risk for allergic diseases.

IMF approves 1.2 bn euro credit line for Serbia

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund on Monday approved a 1.2 billion euro ($1.4 billion) credit line for Serbia to support its structural and economic reforms.The Serbian authorities have signaled they will treat the three-year IMF credit program as precautionary, the IMF said.The IMF said the program was aimed at supporting Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucicss efforts to reduce debt and budget deficits and boost the economys growth potential and competitiveness.Serbias high and rising public debt calls for fiscal consolidation in the period ahead, the IMF said. The governments fiscal package, aimed at lowering debt as a ratio of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2017, is appropriate.According to the Washington-based crisis lender, Serbias budget tightening creates room for a gradual loosening of monetary policy, which will support domestic demand.As the Serbian economy contracted in 2014 -- its third recession in the last six years -- the government budget deficit rose to 6.6 percent of GDP and public debt topped 70 percent of GDP.IMF deputy managing director David Lipton praised the authorities for strengthening the credibility of reform plans by taking difficult but necessary measures in 2014, including labor and pension reforms.In October, Serbian lawmakers adopted a number of austerity measures, including a 10 percent cut in pensions and public sector monthly wages above 200 euros.In the European country of 7.2 million people, more than 700,000 are employed in the public sector while 1.7 million are pensioners. For every person employed, there are five either receiving pensions or unemployed.

Oil prices slide on lofty supplies

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NEW YORK (AFP) - Oil prices fell on Monday, extending last weeks slide as US crude supplies linger at historic levels.The US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for April delivery shed $1.36 to $49.45 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.European benchmark Brent oil for April delivery fell $1.32 to $58.90 a barrel in London trade.The supply dynamic is just too great, said John Kilduff, founding partner at hedge fund Again Capital.A note from Commerzbank rued that Fridays weekly US oil rig count fell only 37, the smallest decline in seven weeks. Evidently, the strong recovery in oil prices since the end of January has slowed the scaling back of drilling activity, Commerzbank said.The rig count came on the heels of a US Department of Energy report that showed US oil stocks at their highest level at this time of year fon record. US oil prices have dropped more than 50 percent since June. Traders are also fixating on the expansion of a labor strike in US refineries as the United Steelworkers announced over the weekend that as many as three more plants would see work-stoppages in addition to the 11 already hit.Kilduff said the strike has given support to petroleum product prices.However, if refineries suspend significant production due to the strike, that would likely add to the glut of crude supply, he said.

Euro weakens as wary market watches Greek debt plan

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NEW YORK (AFP) - The euro weakened against the dollar Monday as traders waited to see if Greece could complete the agreement reached last week with eurozone partners on its bailout program.Greeces new anti-austerity government late Monday said it would miss a midnight (2300 GMT) deadline to provide a list of reforms to its international lenders needed to confirm the four-month extension of its bailout.The deadline was part of the agreement reached Friday in Brussels to give Athens breathing room as its 240-billion-euro ($270-billion) bailout is set to expire at the end of the month. Without an extension, Greece could run out of money and be forced out of the single-currency bloc.A Greek government source insisted that Brussels would get the proposals on Tuesday morning, in time for eurozone finance ministers to discuss them in a conference call in the afternoon.Greece remains the focus, and at this point, all they did was kick that can down the road, said David Gilmore of Foreign Exchange Analytics.The problem is the government is caught in a bind.... Not so much any issues with the ECB or the eurozone, but the pressures theyll get internally from their constituents, because theyve run on that platform of change.The dollar, meanwhile, firmed ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellens twice-yearly testimony to Congress on the state of the US economy on Tuesday and Wednesday. Traders hoped to gain insight about the Feds plan to raise interest rates this year.The key focus will be on the Feds timeline for normalization as the Fed balances the risks of US growth with the tepid performance in the rest of the G7 universe and the general lack of any headline inflation, said Boris Schlossberg of BK Asset Management.
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