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News Source: Turkish Press
| 6 months ago
Bush sought again on Friday to persuade Saudi Arabia to raise oil output after arriving to visit the world's biggest crude exporter as record oil prices hit Western consumers. "Clearly, the price of gas is too high for Americans, and it's causing a
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News Source: United Press International
| 6 months ago
A top Bush administration official said Saudi Arabia has rejected the U.S. president's request to increase the kingdom's oil production to offset gas prices...President George Bush's national security adviser, said after Bush asked Saudi King
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News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner
| 6 months ago
Obama accuses Bush of 'appalling attack' But even then, he said, Saudi leaders say increased production would not dramatically reduce pump prices in the United States . The Saudis are investing in ways to increase oil production over time. Officials
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News Source: Al Jazeera
| 6 months ago
Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, has increased its output to meet rising demand and to compensate for declining production from other countries. Ali al-Naimi, the Saudi oil minister, said on Friday that from May 10 the kingdom had
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News Source: Taiwan News
| 6 months ago
Bush wrapped up a trip to Israel yesterday and was headed to Saudi Arabia for talks with the world's biggest crude producer on record oil prices that have hit Western consumers hard. Bush's visit to Israel was dominated by expressions of support for
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News Source: USA Today
| 6 months ago
Saudi Arabian leaders made clear Friday they see no reason to increase oil production until their customers demand it, apparently rebuffing President Bush amid soaring U.S. gasoline prices. During Bush's second personal appeal this year to King
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News Source: International Herald Tribune
| 6 months ago
Back in Washington, Democrats like Senator Charles Schumer of New York are pressing for sanctions against Saudi Arabia. Schumer wants to limit arms sales to the kingdom, saying he wants them to "cooperate and not strangle American consumers."...But
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News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner
| 6 months ago
Miller sees drinkers buying less-expensive beers Light, sweet crude for June delivery rose as high as $127.82 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, before easing somewhat to trade up $2.10 at $126.22. The contract settled at $124.12 Thursday,
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News Source: CNN
| 6 months ago
Saudi Arabia Friday rebuffed President Bush's request to immediately pump more oil to lower record prices, saying it does not see enough demand to increase production. President Bush walks with Saudi King Abdullah in Riyadh Friday.
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News Source: The Globe & Mail
| 6 months ago
Oil prices shot up to a record high near $128 (U.S.) per barrel in trading Friday as Goldman Sachs Group issued a stunning new forecast saying it expects crude to average $141 (U.S.) per barrel in the second half of this year. The investment bank —