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SAO PAULO, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Brazilian prosecutors on Monday charged Jose Carlos Bumlai, a friend of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, with taking out a fraudulent loan from Schahin bank that they allege benefited the ruling Workers' Party.

BRASILIA, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Low turnout at pro-impeachment rallies on Sunday provided some respite for President Dilma Rousseff but the real test of the popular mood will come when Brazil returns from its summer holidays in March to face a deepening recession and fewer jobs.

(Adds latest prices) Dec 14 (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas futures fell to a 13-year low in intraday trade on Monday on forecasts of continued unseasonably mild weather that is expected to keep heating demand low through late December. Front-month gas futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell for a fourth day in a row on Monday, closing down 9.6 cents, or 4.8 percent, at $1.894 per million British thermal units. That kept the front-month in oversold territory for a sixth day

* Some politicians call for full-scale enquiry (Updates with vote details, quotes)

SAO PAULO, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Spanish conglomerate Abengoa told Brazil's power sector regulator Aneel that it has stopped work on concessions to build and operate new transmission lines in the country, according to a document seen by Reuters on Monday.

ALGIERS/TRIPOLI, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Fresh from a Rome summit on Libya's crisis, American, European and U.N.

STRASBOURG, Dec 14 (Reuters) - The European parliament's environmental committee is expected to vote late on Monday against new car pollution rules they say are too lenient in the light of the Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) scandal which exposed loopholes in existing emissions tests.

* Resources and auto stocks also fall (Adds closing prices, quote)

NEW YORK, Dec 14 (Reuters) - U.S. crude rose more than 2 percent Monday, recovering slightly after moving within a hair of 11-year lows, as record short-interest led to technical covering on fears that the market declined too quickly.

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