High Fuel Prices and Protests Spread Worldwide

The price of oil around the world is soaring faster than the consumer can adjust and understand; so does the protest in many countries worldwide.

This is just a sample, not the whole picture.

Philippines - Trucks block Manila streets to protest fuel prices. Reuters – June 12, 2008

Malaysia - Malaysians march to protest fuel hike AP - June 12, 2008

South Korea - Truckers Strike to Protest Rising Fuel Costs NYT - June 12, 2008

India - Angry consumers blocked rail tracks and roads and shut down businesses in parts of India for a second day. The Canadian Press – June 6, 2008

Fuel protests spread around the world - 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. Hürriyet, Turkey - Jun 11, 2008

Protests over High Fuel Prices Spread Worldwide Voice of America - Jun 12, 2008

Protests and strikes against High Fuel Prices in UK, Spain, Malaysia and South Korea. Aharam newspaper in Arabic – June 13, 2008


Hundreds of angry fishermen, mostly from France and Italy, hurled stones at the police and fired flares at European Union buildings Wednesday, June 4, during a protest in Brussels against rising gas prices. DW-WOR.DE - June 4, 2008

Obama hammers McCain, Bush on economy, gas prices. RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – June 9, 2008

Is there an end in sight?