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SAO PAULO, Aug 21 (Reuters) - The vice president of Brazil's TSE electoral authority on Friday asked for an investigation of President Dilma Rousseff's 2014 re-election campaign, citing evidence that it may have been financed with money from a corruption scheme at state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA .

SAO PAULO, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Construction and engineering group Camargo Corrêa SA has agreed to pay 700 million reais ($202 million) to compensate state-run companies for damages related to bribery and price-fixing, prosecutors said on Friday.

Aug 21 (Reuters) - Fitch Ratings revised its outlook on Saudi Arabia's foreign and local currency issuer default rating (IDR) to "negative" from "stable," citing lower oil prices and increased spending associated with the accession of a new king.

ACCRA, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Doctors in Ghana will suspend a three-week strike they called to press for better conditions of service, the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) said on Friday.

ACCRA, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Ghana's doctors will suspend the three-week strike they called to press for better conditions of service, the Ghana Medical Association said on Friday in a statement sent to Reuters.

Aug 21 (Reuters) - Hurricane Danny has strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Friday.

WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is gradually building support in the U.S.

NEW YORK, Aug 21 (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms added two oil rigs this week, the fifth increase in a row, signaling further pressure on a market awash with crude.

NEW YORK, Aug 21 (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms added two oil rigs this week, the fifth week of increases in a row, after U.S. crude prices have fallen about a third from recent highs, data showed on Friday, a sign drillers remain undeterred by low prices.

Sao Paulo, Aug 21 (Reuters) - An ongoing political and economic crisis once more threatens to fell the tallest tree in Brazil's political landscape: former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

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