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Bahrain restaurant’s two outlets shut down

Bahrain's Health Ministry officials shut down two branches of a popular restaurant yesterday following 40 complaints of food poisoning. Ten of the victims had to be admitted to hospital, it confirmed on its Twitter account, said a r

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FACTBOX: What happens if US govt shuts down?

A US government shutdown is possible on Tuesday, the first day of fiscal 2014, because Congress has so far failed to find a way to pay for it.   A closure would have far-reaching consequences at federal agencies

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Taqa reports N Sea platform shutdown

  Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) confirmed the shutdown of one of its platforms in the UK North Sea, after discovering hydrocarbons within the platform leg.   However there was no environm

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Kuwait restarts refinery after brief shutdown

Kuwait's Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery, the Opec member's biggest, restarted after a brief shutdown on Wednesday and is expected to return to full capacity within 24 hours, a spokesman for operator Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) said

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Petroplus set to shut down refineries

Embattled oil refiner Petroplus yesterday said it will begin a temporary shutdown of three of its plants in January after lenders froze a $1 billion credit facility. The Swiss firm will suspend operations at its Petit Couronne refinery in

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Protesters threaten to shut down Wall Street

Protesters hope to shut down Wall Street on Thursday -- home to the New York Stock Exchange -- by holding a street carnival to mark the two-month anniversary of their campaign against economic inequality. Protest organisers acknowledged th

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DP World shuts down Egypt port after strikes

Dubai's port operator DP World shut down its Ain al-Sokhna port in Egypt on Thursday because of labour strikes that have cost it about 30 million Egyptian pounds ($5.02 million)in lost revenue, an official at the Red Sea port authority said.

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Kuwait to shut down ageing Shuaiba refinery

Opec oil exporter Kuwait plans for a total shutdown of its ageing 200,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) Shuaiba refinery for maintenance in April next year, Kuwait National Petroleum Company said on Thursday. The company also plans for a maintenanc

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Overload hits Iraq refinery, production shut down

Iraq's state-owned North Refineries Company said production at its Baiji oil refinery north of Baghdad had completely shut down due to an electrical fault. North Refineries Company has a capacity of 300,000 barrels per day (bpd). A senior

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More offshore platforms may shut down due to spill

Two US offshore production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico have been shut down and a third was evacuated as a precaution after a giant oil spill and further shutdowns are possible, the US Minerals Management Service said on Saturday. The M

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