U.S. House of Representatives
May 21 2008, Vikas Shekhawat

The US House of Representatives approved legislation to bring a lawsuit against OPEC calling it a cartel solely responsible for skyrocketing oil prices and global inflation. Gordon Brown too castigated OPEC for holding back oil supplies and keeping...

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