11.   Ranchers are worried a continued drought could cause a price collapse by sending large numbers of cattle to market.

12.   That price collapse, analysts said, helped convince thousands of Peruvian coca growers to seek replacement crops.

13.   To the dismay of American consumers, the price collapse has not made its way to supermarket shelves.

14.   With lower prices Iraq would have to pump more oil to fill its U.N. quota, which in turn would provoke a further price collapse.

15.   In addition to the price collapse, the exchange has had two bomb scares in the past week.

16.   Ministers from Nigeria and Libya, among the early arrivals for the OPEC meeting that formally begins Wednesday, predicted Iraq can resume oil exports without a price collapse.

17.   Ministers from several OPEC countries said Iraq could start selling oil soon with no price collapse.

18.   Oil ministers from Nigeria and Libya insist OPEC will be able to make room for Iraq without a price collapse.

19.   Not only Thai banks but also those in other Asian countries are suffering from the regional banking crisis, sparked by the property price collapse.

20.   None of the Gulf countries that rely on oil can afford another price collapse, with a consequent larger budget deficit and recession.