PARIS: OECD MINISTERIAL MEETING
Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis presides over the OECD Ministerial Council at the French Foreign Ministry May 23, 2006. Industrialised economies are growing at 3.1 percent this year, the OECD said as it warned that the United States may have to raise interest rates further but that the European Central Bank should wait. (UPI Photo/William Alix)
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