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LIBREVILLE, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Gabon's re-elected President
Ali Bongo came under international scrutiny on Tuesday, as a
European Union mission questioned the validity of his narrow
win, France recommended a recount and the African Union said it
would send mediators.

SAO PAULO, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil company
Petroleo Brasileiro SA agreed to sell 90
percent of its natural gas pipeline unit to a group of investors
led by Canada's Brookfield Asset Management Inc for
$5.2 billion, a source with direct knowledge of the deal said on
Tuesday.

BARCELONA, Sept 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - After this
week's G20 summit in China failed to set a target year to phase
out hundreds of billions of dollars in state subsidies for
polluting fossil fuels, green groups and experts are urging
Germany to finish the job as host of next year's summit.

LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it
would go along with a freeze in oil output if other producers
agreed one but cautioned that Iran could foil any attempt to
limit output.

The United States and China on Sept. 3 formally joined the Paris Agreement in a ceremony in Hangzhou, China, ahead of the G20 Summit. President Obama and President Xi both deposited their country’s official instrument with United Nations Secretary, General Ban-Ki Moon.

A three-year project funded through Horizon 2020 — the EU Framework Program for Research and Innovation — is aiming at re-thinking electricity grid operations to support higher amounts of renewable energy.

* Fresenius gains following Spanish acquisition

Sept 6 (Reuters) - Billionaire Carl Icahn's Icahn
Enterprises LP said would buy the 18 percent of auto
parts maker Federal-Mogul Holdings Corp that it did not
already own for $9.25 per share.

* Spectra shares up more than 10 pct, Enbridge up 4 pct

(Recasts, adds comments from executives and antitrust expert,
updates shares)

LIBREVILLE, Sept 6 (Reuters) - A European Union mission to
observe Gabon's election said on Tuesday it had found anomalies
in results from the southeast region of Haut-Ogooue where
President Ali Bongo won 95.46 percent of the votes cast.

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