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Search for: Offline summarization (match summaries) Hybrid summarization Online summarization Offline summarization (match articles) U.S. World Finance Sci/Tech Entertainment Sports View Today's Images Back to Archive Index About Newsblaster About today's run Newsblaster in Press Academic Papers Article Sources: seattletimes. nwsource.com (142 articles) washingtonpost.com (142 articles) news.bbc.co.uk (138 articles) nytimes.com (128 articles) latimes.com (128 articles) boston.com (125 articles) baltimoresun.com (97 articles) dallasnews.com (83 articles) suntimes.com (77 articles) sfgate.com (75 articles) abcnews.go.com (68 articles) cbc.ca (49 articles) nypost.com (28 articles) timesonline.co.uk (26 articles) foxnews.com (24 articles) ft.com (21 articles) sportsillustrated. cnn.com (12 articles) cbsnews.com (12 articles) cnn.com (11 articles) money.cnn.com (8 articles) latimesblogs. latimes.com (6 articles) wired.com (5 articles) usatoday.com (3 articles) health.nytimes.com (2 articles) swamppolitics.com (2 articles) haaretz.com (2 articles) blog.wired.com (2 articles)	India, Malaysia raise gas prices for residents Summary from United States, from articles in English With global oil prices soaring, authorities in the two countries said a day earlier they were slashing fuel subsidies that were draining government coffers. (article 3) Oil prices have doubled over the last year, spiking as high as $135.09 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange on May 22 before falling back some. (article 2) SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil rose above $128 on Friday, extending gains after its biggest ever one-day rise in the previous session, as the U.S. dollar weakened on signals the European Central Bank may raise interest rates this year. (article 5) Also, a weaker greenback makes oil less expensive to investors dealing in other currencies, and analysts believe the dollar's protracted decline has been a major reason why oil prices have nearly doubled in the past year. (article 4) WITH AMERICANS steaming over $4-a-gallon gasoline and ExxonMobil reporting first-quarter earnings of nearly $10.9 billion, the temptation to grandstand about "obscene" profits and "greedy" oil companies is one too many politicians cannot resist. (article 8) With a nationwide average gas price of just about $4 a gallon, lots of people are thinking there must be something the government can do to help. (article 6) Other summaries about this story: Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English (14 articles) [compare] Summary from the United Kingdom, from articles in English (4 articles) [compare] Summary from Canada, from articles in English (1 articles) [compare] Event tracking: Track this story's development in time Story keywords oil, Prices, Gas, India, Gasoline Source articles India and Malaysia Risk Voters’ Wrath by Raising Fuel Prices (nytimes.com, 06/05/2008, 685 words) India, Malaysia raise gas prices for residents (money.cnn.com, 06/05/2008, 886 words) Fuel protests erupt in India, Malaysia (Washington Post, 06/05/2008, 317 words) Oil prices hold above $128 a barrel (sfgate.com, 06/05/2008, 553 words) Oil rises above $128 after record surge on weak dollar (boston.com, 06/05/2008, 397 words) Six fixes for high gas prices (money.cnn.com, 06/04/2008, 1094 words) Protests, strikes staged as gas soars; a gallon now $11 in Turkey (sfgate.com, 06/05/2008, 806 words) No profits, no oil (boston.com, 06/04/2008, 746 words) MONTANA GOVERNOR IS SITTING ON AN OIL MINE (NY Post, 06/06/2008, 604 words) blaster@cs.columbia.edu