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    1. "Workers walk through the main business district in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007. Rising global oil prices may dent Indonesia's economic growth and boost inflation next year, a central bank official said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)" 2. "Huaorani Indigenous protest outside the Energy and Oil Ministry in Quito, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007, against oil extraction in their lands located in the country's Amazon. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)" 3. "Traders Michael Arenson, left, and Mark Frank react in the Standard & Poor's 500 futures pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007. The Federal Reserve, confronted with surging oil prices and a slumping housing market, cut a key interest rate by a quarter-point in an effort to stimulate economic activity and keep the country from dipping into a recession. It was the Fed's second rate reduction this year. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)"