Fuel protests spread around the world
Hurriyet
06/11/08
Protests over soaring fuel prices erupted in Asia on Tuesday as truckers in Hong Kong and tire-burning demonstrators in India and Nepal added their angry voices to protests that began last month in Europe. As oil hit a record $139 a barrel, large and small businesses that depend on gasoline and diesel said they can no longer cope with pump prices that have doubled or tripled, with the steepest increases coming in recent months. Several hundred trucks and buses were used in a go-slow protest in Hong Kong, snarling traffic in that major Asian economic center. Drivers were demanding reductions in fuel taxes. Tens of thousands of Spanish drivers did go-slow protests on major roads, knotting traffic near cities such as Madrid and Barcelona as Portuguese drivers have joined. France was also one of the countries where protests over the impact of record oil prices happened...
http://tinyurl.com/4aejs9
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Truckers Protest, the Resistance Begins - US truckers call for nation-wide shutdown
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/4847968/
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Fury at Soaring Fuel Costs Spreads Around the World
The London Evening Standard: "Worldwide protests over the rising price of fuel escalated today, with the Philippine presidential palace besieged by lorries, fishermen burning their boats in Thailand, and Spanish petrol stations running dry as hauliers blockade major roads."
http://www.truthout.org/article/fury-soaring-fuel-costs-spreads-around-world
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=fuel+price
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=fuel+costs
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=oil+price
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=gas+price
06/11/08
Protests over soaring fuel prices erupted in Asia on Tuesday as truckers in Hong Kong and tire-burning demonstrators in India and Nepal added their angry voices to protests that began last month in Europe. As oil hit a record $139 a barrel, large and small businesses that depend on gasoline and diesel said they can no longer cope with pump prices that have doubled or tripled, with the steepest increases coming in recent months. Several hundred trucks and buses were used in a go-slow protest in Hong Kong, snarling traffic in that major Asian economic center. Drivers were demanding reductions in fuel taxes. Tens of thousands of Spanish drivers did go-slow protests on major roads, knotting traffic near cities such as Madrid and Barcelona as Portuguese drivers have joined. France was also one of the countries where protests over the impact of record oil prices happened...
http://tinyurl.com/4aejs9
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Truckers Protest, the Resistance Begins - US truckers call for nation-wide shutdown
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/4847968/
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Fury at Soaring Fuel Costs Spreads Around the World
The London Evening Standard: "Worldwide protests over the rising price of fuel escalated today, with the Philippine presidential palace besieged by lorries, fishermen burning their boats in Thailand, and Spanish petrol stations running dry as hauliers blockade major roads."
http://www.truthout.org/article/fury-soaring-fuel-costs-spreads-around-world
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=fuel+price
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=fuel+costs
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=oil+price
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=gas+price
rudkla - 12. Jun, 11:56
