31.   In a deal that could drive wholesale prices down further, the United Nations reached an agreement Monday under which Iraq would sell oil to buy food and medicine.

32.   In the new, more efficient global oil market, most sellers strive to sell their oil to the closest buyer to maximize revenues.

33.   Instead, they just try to raise money by pumping and selling more oil.

34.   IRAQ GETS APPROVAL FOR OIL SALES Iraq will be allowed to sell oil for the first time since its invasion of Kuwait.

35.   Iraq has become increasingly successful at selling smuggled oil through Turkey and Jordan.

36.   Iraq said Monday that it had withdrawn final objections that had delayed a U.N. plan to allow Iraq to sell oil to raise much-needed humanitarian aid.

37.   Iraq, which remains a pariah in the international community, is periodically allowed by the United Nations to sell oil in exchange for food and medical supplies.

38.   Iraqi oil ministers agreed to a United Nations plan to allow the pariah nation to sell oil to feed its starving population.

39.   Iran will begin selling oil on behalf of Kazakhstan from its southern export terminals next week, he said.

40.   Iraq is probably on the verge of winning permission to sell more oil for food.