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Stocks climb from lows after Fed signals help - Businessweek
By Pallavi Gogoi on August 22, 2012 NEW YORK (AP) -- Investors drew some comfort Wednesday from signals that the Federal Reserve is worried about the slow pace of the US economic recovery feels more urgency about providing help. Stocks climbed back from …

Mexico's new rulers win one more Congress seat in final result
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and its Green Party allies will have 241 of 500 seats in the lower house of Congress, one more than originally projected after the July 1 election, final results obtained by Reuters on Wednesday showed. The PRI, the party of incoming President Enrique Pena Nieto, will still be short of an absolute majority, but the extra seat will make it marginally easier for the next administration to form alliances in support of its reform agenda. …

Pilots report cockpit power failures in Airbuses; some jets still awaiting fixes
NEWARK, N.J. – As United Flight 731 climbed out of Newark with 107 people aboard, the pilot and first officer were startled to find screens that display crucial navigational information were blank or unreadable and radios were dead.

Pilots union take steps to hold strike vote if American Airlines cancels labour contract
DALLAS – The pilot’s union says it will hold a strike vote if American Airlines throws out its labour contract in bankruptcy court.

Bahrain Shi'ites battle police at protester's funeral
DUBAI (Reuters) – Protesters pelted police with petrol bombs and stones in clashes that broke out in Bahrain on Tuesday night at the funeral for a teenage demonstrator killed last week in a new bout of unrest in the U.S.-allied Gulf state. Police arrested eight protesters, the government said. The opposition accused the security forces of provoking the violence by firing tear gas. Bahrain, where the U.S. Fifth Fleet is based, has been in crisis since a revolt led by majority Shi’ite Muslims began 18 months ago to demand democracy in the Sunni-ruled kingdom. …

Nigeria governors form panel to tackle northern crisis
State governors from Nigeria's north, which is grappling with a violent Islamist insurgency, on Wednesday formed a body aimed at holding "dialogue" with groups fuelling the crisis.

Gabon opposition leader dares prosecutor to arrest him
Gabon's main opposition leader Andre Mba Obame on Wednesday dared the prosecutor of Libreville to arrest him after his National Union (UN) party staged a protest that degenerated into violence.