Guardian: Fuel protests spread across the globe, and Natl. Average Now ($4.02).

[DerekJ]

Today's protests by Spanish hauliers are just the latest example of spreading opposition to the price of fuel: there were large demonstrations at the end of last month when almost the entire Spanish fleet, Europe's largest, stayed in port.

Back then, fishermen in the centre of Madrid handed out 20 tonnes of free fish, saying the rock bottom prices compared to the cost of running their boats made their catch worthless.

In the last week of May, police in Indonesia detained 2,000 demonstrators as they marched on Jakarta's presidential palace.

On May 28, there were protests in the UK and Bulgaria. Hauliers blocked roads in central London, while 150 truck and bus drivers converged in a convoy on the outskirts of Sofia.

A few days later, Italian fishermen closed down ports on both shores of their country - the same day as protests by Spanish fishermen and hauliers.

Around the same time, the French blocked ships and yachtsfrom leaving the port of Cherbourg.

In the first few days of June, the French fight intensified. Hauliers blocked a major motorway in Paris and - joined by Italian fishermen - marched on Brussels, where they clashed with police outside the EU's headquarters.

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/2008/06/where_are_the_fuel_protests.html


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Gas prices surge to a record $4.02 a gallon on oil surge

AXcess News) New York - The national average gasoline price at the pump surged to a record $4.02 a gallon Monday morning following crude oil's more-than $10 per gallon surge in price on Friday, crimping consumer spending during a period of slow job growth.

AAA reports that the national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline rose to a record $4.02 a gallon Monday, gaining 2 cents overnight following Friday's record $10.98 a barrel surge in crude oil prices in New York when July futures reached $138.54 for a gain of 13 percent last week.

http://www.axcessnews.com/index.php/articles/show/id/16146

[DerekJ]

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