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5-26-2008 4:20 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/22541153-9fe1-495b-bf60-10b463901587/8D4E06CF-CFD8-4143-85D9-CD1C3EA60AB6/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080526/tuk-fuel-duty-convoy-to-jam-the-capital-6323e80.html" href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080526/tuk-fuel-duty-convoy-to-jam-the-capital-6323e80.html" style="font-size: 11px;">uk.news.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080526/tuk-fuel-duty-convoy-to-jam-the-capital-6323e80.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/uk.news.yahoo.com/img/F8FA3475-C147-4427-8ACB-2BE9A7594DFA" alt="Fuel duty convoy to jam the capital" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080526/tuk-fuel-duty-convoy-to-jam-the-capital-6323e80.html"><P class="first">Lorry drivers are to pour into London for what organisers hope will be the largest-ever fuel duty protest in the capital.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080526/tuk-fuel-duty-convoy-to-jam-the-capital-6323e80.html"><P>Hauliers are angry at soaring fuel prices which have resulted in the average cost of diesel passing far beyond the 120p-a-litre mark.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080526/tuk-fuel-duty-convoy-to-jam-the-capital-6323e80.html"><P>A delegation from the demonstrators will hand a letter to 10 Downing Street demanding the immediate introduction of an essential user rebate which would allow HGV operators to claim some of the fuel duty back.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080526/tuk-fuel-duty-convoy-to-jam-the-capital-6323e80.html"><P>Mike Presneill, a leading member of Transaction 2007, who is helping to organise the protest, said: "Fuel is rocketing. The Government has the power to act but appears not to be listening. Hundreds of UK <A href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fc/motoring-transport.html">transport</A> firms are being driven to the wall. Thousands of UK jobs are being lost.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080526/tuk-fuel-duty-convoy-to-jam-the-capital-6323e80.html"><P>Kent-based haulier Peter Knight said: "This is the economics of the mad house. 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