| BNP drops Bangladesh poll boycott [4 mins][Bangladesh] Bangladesh's former PM Khaleda Zia announces that her Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will take part in next month's elections. | Stocks pull off losses on auto bailout hopes (AP) [11 mins][Finland] AP - Hopes that lawmakers could extend relief to the troubled auto industry eased some of investors' worries about the economy Thursday. Stocks pulled off of steep losses but remained volatile after aides to a bipartisan group of senators said they have reached a compromise to funnel emergency loans to Detroit's car makers. |