http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFN1220021520110412
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* Expensive oil will begin cutting global demand by next
year, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said. Demand
in the next two years will still be strong enougjh to cause a
drawdown in global inventories, it said. [ID:nI12189731]
* EIA, in a monthly forecast, said U.S. crude oil prices
could rise to $106 a barrel this year, up by $5, and by $9 to
$114 next year.
* High oil prices are starting to dent oil demand growth,
the International Energy Agency said, but an economic slowdown
could ultimately moderate prices. [ID:nLDE73B0MO]
* OPEC expects oil demand to grow 1.4 million barrels per
day this year, in line with IEA's forecast. [ID:nL9E7F700M]
* Japan put its nuclear calamity on a par with Chernobyl,
after new data showed that more radiation leaked from its
earthquake-damaged plant than first thought. [ID:nL3E7FB2TZ]
* Economic damage from Japan's earthquake and tsunami is
likely to be worse than first thought, the country's economics
minister warned. [ID:nL3E7FC092]
* Yemen opposition parties urged Gulf mediators to spell
out whether President Ali Saleh would hand over power early
under a proposal to end a crisis over reforms. [ID:nLDE73B0XI]
* Syria's main human rights movement said the death toll
from pro-democracy protests against President Bashar al-Assad
had reached 200. [ID:nLDE73B0O6]
* Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi bombarded the western
entrance to the rebel-held town of Ajdabiyah in eastern Libya,
a Reuters witness reported. [ID:nWEA4115]
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* Expensive oil will begin cutting global demand by next
year, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said. Demand
in the next two years will still be strong enougjh to cause a
drawdown in global inventories, it said. [ID:nI12189731]
* EIA, in a monthly forecast, said U.S. crude oil prices
could rise to $106 a barrel this year, up by $5, and by $9 to
$114 next year.
* High oil prices are starting to dent oil demand growth,
the International Energy Agency said, but an economic slowdown
could ultimately moderate prices. [ID:nLDE73B0MO]
* OPEC expects oil demand to grow 1.4 million barrels per
day this year, in line with IEA's forecast. [ID:nL9E7F700M]
* Japan put its nuclear calamity on a par with Chernobyl,
after new data showed that more radiation leaked from its
earthquake-damaged plant than first thought. [ID:nL3E7FB2TZ]
* Economic damage from Japan's earthquake and tsunami is
likely to be worse than first thought, the country's economics
minister warned. [ID:nL3E7FC092]
* Yemen opposition parties urged Gulf mediators to spell
out whether President Ali Saleh would hand over power early
under a proposal to end a crisis over reforms. [ID:nLDE73B0XI]
* Syria's main human rights movement said the death toll
from pro-democracy protests against President Bashar al-Assad
had reached 200. [ID:nLDE73B0O6]
* Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi bombarded the western
entrance to the rebel-held town of Ajdabiyah in eastern Libya,
a Reuters witness reported. [ID:nWEA4115]
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