Libya unrest rattles markets; oil prices jump

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 4:54 p.m.
[AP] - Stocks fell sharply and oil prices spiked as investors became worried about increasingly violent unrest in Libya. Oil prices rose 6 percent to $95 a barrel Tuesday. The fight between protesters and forces loyal to the Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi threatens the country's oil production.


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