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Vol. 5 Num 462 Mon. September 12, 2005  
   
Business


EU wants more cheaper oil


European ministers urged the oil-producing countries Saturday to boost supplies rapidly to combat soaring fuel bills and told oil companies to reinvest more of their vast profits in exploration and refining.

After chairing a meeting of European Union finance ministers in England, British finance minister Gordon Brown called on Opec states to raise production by half a million barrels per day ahead of its September 19 meeting.