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Politics › Oil producers urged to boost output as prices soar

Leading energy-consuming nations urged oil producers Saturday to boost their output to counter soaring prices threatening the world economy, while they pledged to develop clean… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Sat, Jun 07 2008

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