Oil Keeps Flowing Despite Unrest, but High Prices Jangle Nerves Worldwide

Oil Keeps Flowing Despite Unrest, but High Prices Jangle Nerves WorldwideSunday, February 20, 2011 By STEVEN ERLANGER, The New York Times PARIS -- The turmoil in North Africa and the Middle East has helped drive oil prices up to more than $102 a barrel for an important benchmark crude, Brent, although so far there have been no significant disruptions in production or supply, according to

Oil Keeps Flowing Despite Unrest, but High Prices Jangle Nerves Worldwide

Oil Keeps Flowing Despite Unrest, but High Prices Jangle Nerves WorldwideSunday, February 20, 2011 By STEVEN ERLANGER, The New York Times PARIS -- The turmoil in North Africa and the Middle East has helped drive oil prices up to more than $102 a barrel for an important benchmark crude, Brent, although so far there have been no significant disruptions in production or supply, according to

Tens of thousands converge on Cairo

More than 200,000 people flooded into the heart of Cairo Tuesday, filling the city's main square as a call for a million protesters was answered by the largest demonstration in a week of unceasing demands for President Hosni Mubarak to leave after nearly 30 years in power.Protesters streamed into Tahrir, or Liberation, Square, among them people defying a government transportation shutdown to make

Tens of thousands converge on Cairo

More than 200,000 people flooded into the heart of Cairo Tuesday, filling the city's main square as a call for a million protesters was answered by the largest demonstration in a week of unceasing demands for President Hosni Mubarak to leave after nearly 30 years in power.Protesters streamed into Tahrir, or Liberation, Square, among them people defying a government transportation shutdown to make