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Article: Oil Prices Jump More Than $2 a Barrel
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- July 2, 2005
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GEORGE JAHN, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
07-02-2005
Dateline: VIENNA, Austria
An employee of a petrol station holds a petrol pump after filling up a car in capital of Nicosia, Cyprus, on Thursday, June 30, 2005. Cyprus petrol prices are expected to rise by up to 1.5 cents per litre and diesel prices by 1 cent per litre Thursday as petrol stations respond to rising international oil prices. Oil prices fell Thursday after prices surpassed $ 60 US dollars a barrel in New York Monday. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Oil prices rose by more than $2 a barrel on Friday in a shortened trading session ahead of the three-day holiday weekend in the U.S.
Traders shrugged off a rise in OPEC's ...