Oil Prices Prompt Protest In Paris, London

Oil Prices Prompt Protest In Paris, London

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(AP) Truckers and taxi drivers slowed traffic around Paris' business district to a crawl Tuesday in a protest over rising fuel prices, and hundreds of fishermen demonstrated in London to demand government help.

Dozens of trucks and taxis in Paris drove slowly toward and around the headquarters of oil giant Total SA in La Defense, site of the main financial district, to protest a new tax on heavily polluting vehicles.

Authorities said the operation snarled traffic on several highways.

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Well I wonder if we are entering a time of worldwide protests over oil, gas and FOOD prices. We are living in a very uncertain time.

We will protest but do you think anything can or will be done about it?

I Wonder if we will see these types of protests here in the US?

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