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** Glencore up 3 pct but well off day's highs after mining and commodities trading firm sets out aggressive plan to slash debt

ZAGREB, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Croatia began a retrial on Monday of former prime minister Ivo Sanader on corruption charges, including a case of a bribe allegedly taken from Hungarian oil firm MOL to allow it acquire a dominant stake in Croatia's biggest utility.

Sept 7 (Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp said on Monday it had decided there was no need for a writedown on its Westinghouse operations after an accounting scandal raised concerns it was overestimating the value of its U.S.

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Mining and commodities trading firm Glencore on Monday said it will suspend dividends, sell assets and raise $2.5 billion in a new share issue as it aims cut it net debt to $20 billion by the end of next year.

PORT OF SPAIN, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Voters go to the polls in general elections in Trinidad and Tobago on Monday as the ruling party and the opposition face a too-close-to-call race for control of the Caribbean country's 41-seat parliament.

SHANGHAI/BEIJING, Sept 7 (Reuters) - China's power usage, rail freight and property market have all shown improvement since August, indicating that the economy is stabilising, the country's top economic planning agency said on Monday.

BEIJING, Sept 7 (Reuters) - China's total power consumption in August rose 2.47 percent on a year earlier to 508.3 billion kilowatt hours (kWh), the country's state planning agency said on Monday, citing data from the State Grid.

SINGAPORE, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Reliance Global Energy Services, a Singapore-based unit of Reliance Industries , has appointed a new chief executive and created a business development role to expand its trading activities, industry sources said on Friday.

SHANGHAI, Sept 7 (Reuters) - China's top state planner said on Monday that the country's power usage, train freight and property market have all shown improvement since August, indicating that the economy is stabilizing.

* Indian government under pressure to increase tax collection

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