From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

Politics, oil production, and the price of gasoline.

Hello again, I'm Orman Alany, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Moor-Mar Gaddafi may or may not be driven from power.

In the meantime, unrest and international sanctions have cut Libya's oil production by half.

On Friday, unhappy Saudi Arabians plan a day of rage, threatening instability for the biggest oil supplier of all.

Fear of further disruption and rank speculation in oil

are driving the price of gasoline higher,

even though the U.S. has plenty on hand at the moment.

Should we increase domestic oil production,

tap into strategic reserves,

or jack up the green economy faster, whatever the cost?

On Reporters' Notebook later on, it's over for Barbie in Shanghai.

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Hello again, Warren Alney. Back with To the Point, disruption in the Middle East and North Africa

has sparked a host of conflicting agendas in the United States, from getting off the oil economy

once and for all to increasing domestic oil production. What will it all mean for the price

of gasoline at the pump and for

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