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Three of the world's leading oil companies, Exxon Mobil, BP and BG, have decided not to mulberry alexa bag take part in the upcoming international bidding for rights to explore Brazil's deep-water Libra oil reserve, Brazil's National Petroleum Agency (ANP) said Thursday. ANP Director General Magda Chambriard told the press that the three companies alleged specific, internal motives for not participating in the Oct. 21 bidding, but "reaffirmed their interest in Brazil." At least 12 companies have already confirmed their intention to bid, but that figure may increase as the ANP concludes its confirmation process. The agency is expecting as many as 40 companies to take part. The Libra bidding will be the first to take place under the country's new production cheap beats by dre regime, which calls for Brazil's state- run oil and gas giant Petrobras to partner in all the consortiums with a minimum 30 percent stake, and to operate the oil reserve blocks. The consortium that wins the bidding will be required to pay a bonus of 15 billion reals (6.8 billion U.S. dollars) to the Brazilian government in advance. Libra, located in the Santos Basin, off Brazil's southeastern coast, is the largest deep-water oilfield discovered to date in Brazil, and is estimated to hold 8 billion to 12 billion barrels of oil, doubling the country's oil reserves. When fully operational, it is expected to produce 1 million barrels of oil per day. Following recent revelations of U.S. spying on Brazil, especially on Petrobras, there was speculation that the bidding may be postponed or that U.S companies may be barred from taking part in the process, on suspicions the U.S. oil sector may have benefited from compromised classified information. Brazil, however, said it would go ahead with the bidding as planned. Keiji Yamada, Governor of Japan's Kyoto Prefecture on Thursday officially approved the gucci bags outlet installation of an advanced U.S. military radar in the prefecture, Kyodo News reported. Yamada told a prefectural assembly session that he is ready to cooperate with Japan's central government, citing the state's promise to ensure safety and implement measures to counter electromagnetic waves and noise. But he also said he would withdraw his cooperation if the central government fails to honor its promise. The X-band radar will be set up on the Japanese Air Self- Defense Force's Kyogamisaki sub-base in the city of Kyotango in Kyoto Prefecture in a bid to defend against the so-called missile threat of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). X-band radar is capable of precisely tracking the trajectory of a ballistic missile and allows U.S. forces to launch interceptor missiles from the ground and sea once a ballistic missile has been detected. Kyoto will be the second prefecture in Japan where the X-band radar is deployed. Similar X-band radar has already been set up on the ASDF's Shariki sub-base in the city of Tsugaru in Aomori Prefecture, casque beats mixr northern Japan. According to the report, up to 160 U.S. service members and technicians will be assigned to the new radar facility, the first U.S. military facility in Japan's Kinki region centering on Osaka. U.S. Secretary of State on Thursday said the United Nations Security Council must be prepared to act on Syria's chemical weapons program, after UN inspectors have come up with ample evidence of chemical weapons use in that country. U.S. current account deficit decreased to 98.9 billion U.S. dollars in the second quarter this year, down 5.7 percent from the revised figure in the previous quarter, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. The decline was due to a decrease in the deficit on michael kors outlet online goods and an increase in the surplus on income. These changes were partly offset by an increase in net outflows of unilateral current transfers including government grants, the report said. The deficit on goods and services decreased to 117.8 billion dollars in the second quarter from a revised 122.6 billion in the prior quarter. The surplus on income increased to 53.1 billion from a revised 50.9 billion in the first quarter. Meanwhile, net unilateral current transfers to foreigners were 34.2 billion dollars in the second quarter, up from 33.1 billion in the first three months. Current account is the broadest measure of foreign trade because it measures not only trade in goods and services, which are tracked by the government on a monthly basis, but also investment flows between countries. In a statement delivered at the State Department, Kerry said the Security cheap mbt shoes Council must be prepared to draw up a "binding" resolution. "We need everyone's help in order to see that the Security Council lives up to its founding values that passes a binding resolution that codifies the strongest possible mechanism to achieve the goal and achieve it rapidly," said Kerry, adding the agreement that Russia and the United States reached in Geneva " clearly said this must be enforceable, it must be done as soon as possible, it must be real." The secretary said UN inspectors' investigations have made it clear the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was responsible for the Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack, which the Syrian government denies. Kerry said the report confirms "unequivocally that chemical weapons, mbt shoes saleincluding the nerve agent sarin, were used in Syria," and continued to claim that only the Assad regime has such chemical weapons, and the means to deliver it. "The Security Council must be prepared to act next week. It is vital for the international community to stand up and speak out in the strongest possible terms about the importance of enforceable action to rid the world of Syria's chemical weapons," said Kerry. Kerry's statement came after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia possesses enough evidence that the Syrian opposition used reports about chemical attacks to provoke foreign intervention. The U.S. Department of Defense said Wednesday it successfully intercepted a short-range ballistic missile target during a missile defense test over the Pacific Ocean. The Department of Defense said in a statement it's "an operationally realistic test, in which the target's launch time and bearing are not known in advance, and the target complex was the most difficult target engaged to date." The short-range missile target was launched from the cheap dre beats Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii, at approximately 8:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday (0030 GMT Thursday), the Pentagon said. The target flew northwest towards a broad ocean area of the Pacific Ocean.