<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060117/bs_nm/markets_oil_dc"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20060117/i/r2816344130.jpg?x=130&amp;y=89&amp;sig=SihlVJGwrc. iVQBAYiiQCQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Nigerian militant leader Mujahid Dokubo-Asari talks to journalists outside the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria, January 17, 2006. Asari, facing treason charges, was one of the ethnic Ijaw leaders whose release was included as a demand of the militant group which is holding four foreign oil workers hostage in the Niger Delta. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta issued a statement on Tuesday vowing to stage more attacks on the oil industry over the next few days. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde" border="0" /></a>Reuters - World oil prices hit a three and
half-month high on Tuesday after militants said they would
broaden attacks on Nigeria's oil industry, threatening to cut
deeper into supplies from the world's eighth biggest exporter.</p><br clear=all>

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