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Global Energy Group to Release Oil Reserves

An international energy consortium announces it will try to ease the crunch on oil supplies by releasing more than 60 million barrels of oil from its stockpile.

The International Energy Agency, of which the United States is a member, is hoping to help rein in gas prices that have soared in the days since Hurricane Katrina disrupted a vital section of the U.S. gas supply.

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Corey Flintoff is a correspondent with the Foreign Desk. His career has taken him to more than 45 countries.Since 2005, Flintoff has been part of the NPR team covering the Iraq War. He has embedded with U.S. military units fighting insurgents and hunting roadside bombs. His stories from Iraq have dealt with sectarian killings, government corruption, the Christian refugee crisis, and the destruction of Iraq's southern marshes.