1.   The strikes follow violent demonstrations over price increases Saturday on Java island, where protesters burned tired, blocked roads and looted petrol supplies.

2.   Authorities in the Var department in the south said emergency services and key professions should remain as top priority for petrol supplies there until further orders.

3.   The protests, in which huge lines of trucks simply block key motorway junctions, has threatened petrol supplies in a number of key regions.

4.   The strike is increasingly threatening petrol supplies across France.

5.   There were still plenty of cars on the streets, though petrol supplies were becoming erratic with the first signs of an impending shortage.

6.   With the Russian army based on the Tajik-Afghan border, the petrol supplies cross the river with military authorisation.

7.   On Thursday, they toughened their blockade of key roads and began targetting petrol supplies.

8.   On Thursday, they toughened their blockade of key roads and began targeting petrol supplies.