OPEC slashes production; crude continues to tumble (AP)

Secretary General of the OPEC Abdalla Salem El-Badri from Libya talks to teh waiting media after an extraordinary meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, on Friday, Oct. 24, 2008.  OPEC oil ministers are widely expected to agree on cutting output in an effort to shore up sagging prices. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)AP - OPEC said at an emergency meeting Friday that it will slash oil production by 1.5 million barrels to stem the "dramatic collapse" of oil prices, but crude prices plunged 5 percent anyway as financial markets spiraled downward across the globe.


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