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February
Brent oil near $120 on Libya
24 February 2011 Reuters
Oil prices hit 29-month highs on Thursday to near $120 a barrel on growing fears that the unrest in Libya could spread to other oil producing countries in the Middle East, threatening to derail global growth.
World stocks and copper prices fell for the fourth straight day as investors cut their risk exposure, while safe-haven gold, Swiss francs and U.S. Treasury prices rose.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/24/us-markets-global-idUSTRE71H0EB20110224
