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From: The Columbian
Date: 20000917
Author:ROBERT BARR, Associated Press

ROBERT BARR, Associated Press
The Columbian
09-17-2000
LONDON -- The Netherlands and Hungary handed concessions to truckers Saturday to avoid more of the fuel-price protests that have clogged Europe's highways, but Germany warned its truckers of a crackdown if blockades there intensified.
British motorists were still lining up at gas stations two days after truckers ended their blockades of oil facilities as the country worked to recover from the protest. Scattered protests continued in parts of Europe.
After initially refusing any subsidies to truckers, the Dutch government gave ...

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