21.   An accord would put downward pressure on world oil prices worldwide at a time when rising gasoline costs have become an issue in the U.S. presidential campaign.

22.   But Suu Kyi said that the rising gasoline price was likely to send food prices spiraling up.

23.   For Chicago cab driver Adam Kowski, rising gasoline prices are taking a toll.

24.   GOP lawmakers are expressing concern that they could become the victims of a backlash by voters angry about rising gasoline prices and sporadic blackouts.

25.   Likewise, Democratic Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan is ready to use an investigations subcommittee to examine rising gasoline prices.

26.   President Boris Yeltsin met his prime minister Thursday to discuss upcoming parliamentary elections, friction with Chechnya and government efforts to control rising gasoline prices.

27.   President Boris Yeltsin, vacationing at his residence outside Moscow, met Thursday with his prime minister to discuss government efforts to control rising gasoline prices.

28.   The convenience store chain expects rising wholesale gasoline costs to hurt its second quarter financial results.