Protests Fueled By Oil

Protests Fueled By Oil

(Global Pulse: May 30, 2008) As the price of oil breaks new records, people worldwide are protesting the increases in their living costs. Now, politicians are responding, trying to come up with ways to ease the burden. Will tax cutting strategies work, or are they just an attempted quick fix for a problem that's not going away anytime soon?

SOURCES: CCTV, China; Deutsch Welle, Germany; Fox News, U.S; ABC, U.S, NBC, U.S; BBC, U.K; Univision, U.S; TV5, France; Al Jazeera English, Qatar.

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