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Truckers to Strike Over Record Diesel Prices, Some Paying Up to $1,200 to Fill-Up, Some independent U.S. truckers are planning to stop hauling freight on April 1 in protest of record-high diesel prices that are cutting into profit margins.
FOREIGN Minister Stephen Smith denies there's any contradiction in pleading for clemency for Australian drug dealers on death row but allowing Indonesia to execute the Bali bombers.