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FUEL COST TRUBLES * Greece - Truckers' Strike
Greeks queue for petrol as fuel truckers strike
Athens,Greece -Reuters/Peak Oil -12 May 2008: -- Thousands of Greeks queued for hours at petrol stations to fill up their cars on Saturday as a fuel truck drivers' strike started to hit supplies... Some 70 percent of stations around the country had run out of petrol, officials said, as the strike to press for higher distribution fees for truck drivers entered its fifth day... "I toured 15 petrol stations across most of northern Athens but none of them had any fuel left," driver Dimitris Leontaridis told Reuters. "I had not planned for this and now I don't know how I'll get to work on Monday."...
* Philippines - Transport strike: AFP to use rice delivery trucks for ‘libreng sakay’
Manila,Philippines -GMA News -11 May 2008: -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said Sunday it may divert trucks delivering National Food Authority (NFA) rice to ferrying commuters stranded by Monday's transport strike... Radio dzBB reported that the AFP Metro Manila command said it is monitoring the situation to see if the diversion of the NFA-delivering trucks will be needed... AFP Metro Manila command spokesman Capt. Carlo Ferrer also said that while they will be on heightened alert during the strike, they can go on red alert if the need arises... This developed as militant transport groups, on the eve of their transport strike, warned police against harassing them with claims of blocking and forcing other drivers to join them...
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