OPEC oil ministers have agreed to carry out their earlier decision to cut production quotas, despite already high oil prices and requests for relief by consuming nations. (AP)
Police in the United States and Canada have arrested at least 170 suspects in a crackdown on what authorities call a major ecstacy drug distribution ring. (AFP)
The United Nations is warning that many small island nations are beign threatened by garbage and untreated sewage. (Reuters)