11.   Industries slowed down, buses reduced their routes, and fuel was rationed even for police cars and ambulances.

12.   On Tuesday the government decreed that gasoline and diesel fuel will be rationed.

13.   Remaining fuel is being rationed between hospitals, prisons, military quarters, the central bank, state radio and the presidential palace, which have their own generators.

14.   Some stations were reported to be rationing fuel or charging higher prices.

15.   Service stations in major cities such as Rio, Sao Paulo and Brasilia are rationing fuel and closing early.

16.   Since the blockade began Sunday, hundreds of gas stations have run dry and local governments have begun rationing fuel as motorists line up bumper-to-bumper at the pump.

17.   The Serbian government, which has been coping with a petroleum shortage, Tuesday decreed that gasoline and diesel fuel will be rationed.

18.   Fuel has been rationed since Tuesday.