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Today's Reuters Science News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Obama disputes job projections for Keystone XL pipeline: NYT Saudi man dies in kingdom from MERS coronavirus: Health Ministry South Sudan president names Benjamin as new foreign minister India's Lanco Infra starts process to restructure $1.3 billion debt New clashes between army and rebels in Sudan's main oil state

Obama disputes job projections for Keystone XL pipeline: NYT  Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 05:25 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called into question the number of jobs that would be created from the controversial Keystone XL pipeline in an interview with the New York Times released on Saturday. "Republicans have said that this would be a big jobs generator," Obama said, according to the newspaper. "There is no evidence that that's true. ... Full Story	Top
Saudi man dies in kingdom from MERS coronavirus: Health Ministry  Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 01:35 PM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - A Saudi man has died of the coronavirus Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), the Saudi Health Ministry said on Saturday, raising to 39 the number of deaths from the SARS-like virus in the kingdom where it first emerged last year. "The Ministry of Health has announced the death of one case, who had been previously announced to be infected with this virus in Asir, may Allah have mercy upon him," the ministry said in a statement. ... Full Story	Top
South Sudan president names Benjamin as new foreign minister  Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 12:05 PM PDT JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has named former Information Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin as the new foreign minister of the African oil producer, the first appointment in a new cabinet after firing the previous lineup. On Tuesday, Kiir sacked his entire cabinet, Vice President Riek Machar and put under investigation his top Sudan negotiator, Pagan Amum, amid a power struggle in the African nation. ... Full Story	Top
India's Lanco Infra starts process to restructure $1.3 billion debt  Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 07:43 AM PDT By Neha Dasgupta MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's Lanco Infratech Ltd has started a process to restructure debts totaling 75 billion rupees ($1.3 billion) after economic weakness impacted the performance of some of its businesses such as power and engineering and construction. If the process is approved by its lenders, Lanco would be the second debt-laden company to go for a major loan restructuring within nine months, after lenders to wind turbine maker Suzlon Energy in November agreed to restructure about 110 billion rupees of its debt. ... Full Story	Top
New clashes between army and rebels in Sudan's main oil state  Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 05:24 AM PDT KHARTOUM (Reuters) - New clashes between the Sudanese army and rebels erupted on Saturday in the country's main oil-producing state of South Kordofan, bordering South Sudan, witnesses and rebels said. The violence is likely to worsen relations between the African neighbours, as Khartoum accuses Juba of supporting insurgents operating on Sudanese soil and using the South's territory as retreat bases. Juba denies this. Residents in Dalang, one of the largest towns in South Kordofan, said they could hear shooting and explosions. ... Full Story	Top

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