Oil Prices Rise in Asian Trading

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Sep 14, 2006 (AP)— Oil prices rose in Asia Thursday, extending overnight gains after the United States reported a drop in the nation's crude inventories as the International Monetary Fund predicted prices could again rise and impact global growth.

Elsewhere, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad maintained his country's standoff with the West over its nuclear enrichment program could still be resolved through dialogue, but asked for an unspecified number of conditions for negotiations.
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