Market watch: NYMEX oil, natural gas prices slide on reports of Iraqi uprising

Crude oil futures slid on the New York Mercantile Exchange Tuesday afternoon as news broke about an uprising against Iraq President Saddam Hussein in the southern Iraqi city of Basra.

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