Two Die Amid Widespread Protests over Spiking Fuel Prices. By Kevin Sullivan, WashPost, June 11, 2008. "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... businesses that depend on gasoline and diesel said they can no longer cope... Two... were killed Tuesday, one in Spain and one in Portugal, as they attempted to block traffic... Truckers in South Korea voted to strike, and Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi pledged about $306 million in supplemental funding to maintain support among [angry] provincial lawmakers... Several hundred trucks and buses were used in a go-slow protest in Hong Kong, snarling traffic... The protests in India and Nepal were smaller and more isolated, but reflected spreading anger... Traffic jams several miles long formed Monday at Junquera, a crossing on the French border, where Spanish drivers refused to let foreign trucks enter and smashed the windshields of those that tried to pass... In Britain, PM Gordon Brown cautioned the public against panic buying of gas and diesel ahead of a threatened strike by 500 oil tanker drivers."
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