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In this Wednesday, June 8, 2011, file photo, the sun sets behind an oil pump in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

Energy prices surge as tanker disruptions and facility shutdowns rattle global supply

By David McHugh - Associated Press

Iranian navy speed boats attend a drill in the sea of Oman, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011. Iran's navy chief has reiterated for a second time in less than a week that his country can easily close the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, the passageway through which a sixth of the world's oil flows. (AP Photo/IIPA, Ali Mohammadi)

Iran Strait of Hormuz exercise shows ability to halt oil flow

By Guy Taylor and Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

** FILE ** This photo released on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard claims to show the chief of the aerospace division of the Guard, Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh (left), listening to an unidentified colonel as he points to a U.S. RQ-170 Sentinel drone that Tehran said its forces had downed earlier in the week. (AP Photo/Sepahnews)

Iran test-fires missiles designed to hit warships

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press