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The weekly average of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) reference price for its basket of crudes stood at 108.95 U.S. dollars per barrel last week, up from 107.17 dollars the previous week, the Vienna-based cartel said Monday.
Whooper swans fly over a swan nature reserve in Rongcheng City, east China's Shandong Province, March 5, 2013. With the temperature rising, swans have begun leaving Rongcheng where they spent the winter.