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WPC2000061704 - 16 JUNE 2000 - CALGARY, AB, CANADA: Rilwanu Lukman, Secretary General of OPEC gives no indication that the oil cartel is prepared to lower oil prices instead suggesting governments lower taxes to give consumers a break from rising prices at the pumps during a press conference following his OPEC Luncheon keynote speech at the 16th World Petroleum Congress in downtown Calgary, June 13. mc/hr/H. Ruckemann UPI

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