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Oil Prices Surge on Libya Upheaval

   Mil Arcega | Washington, DC  February 24, 2011
   A  trader  watches  his  screen  on  the  floor  of the New York Stock
   Exchange. U.S. stocks dropped for a second straight session as Libya's
   violence  sent  oil prices up briefly to $100 a barrel and tech shares
   sank, February 23, 2011.

Photo: Reuters

   A  trader  watches  his  screen  on  the  floor  of the New York Stock
   Exchange. U.S. stocks dropped for a second straight session as Libya's
   violence  sent  oil prices up briefly to $100 a barrel and tech shares
   sank, February 23, 2011.

   Global  stocks  dipped  again on Wednesday as oil prices soared to new