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"Europe leaders pump up volume
By Al Webb
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
September 14, 2005
LONDON -- Governments across Europe have launched a series of urgent measures to try to deal with soaring fuel prices that have triggered panic buying and threats of massive protests by thousands of angry car owners, truck drivers, farmers and even fishermen.
While Americans grumble about paying $2.96 a gallon for gasoline, European fury comes at a higher cost. Prices have climbed to between $5 and $7 per gallon in Britain, France and Germany, and $7.50 in Turkey. It is $6.56 in the Netherlands, $5.66 in Sweden and $5.28 in Hungary. "
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