11.   Soaring prices for cooking gas and electricity robbed him of the support of the poor, who helped propel him to an upset victory last August.

12.   The Indian government overcame eight months of indecision and raised the diesel, petrol and cooking gas prices in a bid to reduce galloping subsidies.

13.   The Indian government raised the prices of diesel, petrol and cooking gas in a bid to reduce galloping subsidies.

14.   The measures, which include raising rates on cooking gas and electricity and cutting education subsidies, have been widely rejected by the Ecuadorean public.

15.   The once-popular president began losing his support when, among other measures, he ended subsidies for such necessities as cooking gas and electricity.

16.   The unit distills heavy fuels and allows it to extract more diesel, gasoline and cooking gas per barrel of oil.

17.   To address the economic crisis, he eliminated subsidies on cooking gas and raised gasoline prices.

18.   Tunisian officials said originally that the explosion occurred after a truck loaded with propane cooking gas careened against a wall just outside the synagogue.

19.   Police raided the prison Tuesday but could not wrest control from the inmates, who hurled stones at the officers and threatened to explode several tanks of cooking gas.

20.   Pressure mounted Friday on the center-left government to scale back a steep increase in the price of fuel and cooking gas.