<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071016/bs_nm/markets_oil_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20071016/2007_10_16t114423_450x304_us_markets_oil.jpg?x=130 &y=87&sig=q110_RAPkiSXf0.iaNNJcg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Traders work in the crude oil futures pit at the New York Mercantile Exchange October 15, 2007. U.S. stocks fell sharply on Monday with financial shares leading the retreat as new concerns about the credit squeeze emerged and oil surged to a record above $85 per barrel. (Mike Segar/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Oil thundered more than $2 to a new
peak above $88 a barrel on Tuesday, extending a nine-dollar
rally since last week on tight supplies, strong demand and
growing tensions in northern Iraq.</p><br clear="all"/>

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(Reuters)