OPEC begins output meeting, oil price firms (AFP)

OPEC, which pumps 40 percent of the world's oil, began a ministerial meeting in Vienna on Thursday to decide whether to change production levels amid a rise in demand, as the oil price edged up.(AFP/File/Yasser al-Zayyat)AFP - OPEC, which pumps 40 percent of the world's oil, began a ministerial meeting here on Thursday to decide whether to change production levels amid a rise in demand, as the oil price edged up.