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Oil prices fall as US opens reserve taps (AFP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080903/ts_afp/commoditiesenergyoilprice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080903/capt.cps.nmb55.030908112431.photo00.photo.default-338x512.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=tVu219s06LkxDvv45BvSeg--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="The Murphy Oil refinery burns in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 2. Oil prices fell after the US government decided to release crude stocks from its strategic reserve after Hurricane Gustav had brought a halt to energy production in the Gulf of Mexico.(AFP/Matthew Hinton)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Oil prices fell on Wednesday after the US government decided to release crude stocks from its strategic reserve after Hurricane Gustav had brought a halt to energy production in the Gulf of Mexico.</p><br clear="all"/>