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VIE15 - 20000910 - VIENNA, AUSTRIA - A photo dated 10 September 2000 of the Venezuelan Oil Minister Ali Rodriguez-Araque (L) and the then secretary general of OPEC Rilwanu Lukman from Nigeria at a OPEC conference in Viernna. Ali Rodriguez-Araque was elected as the new secretary general of the organization to succeed Rilwanu Lukman during the informal meeting of the OPEC oil ministers in Vienna, 12 November 2000. OPEC ministers, who expressed their condolences to the Austrian government following the funicular train accident yesterday, are to delay their official meeting by a day until tomorrow. EPA PHOTO APA/ROLAND SCHLAGER