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  • In France, Drivers Face Gas Prices Of $8 A Gallon (This is Obama's goal for US)

    02/16/2012 3:56:58 AM PST · by tobyhill · 21 replies
    npr ^ | 2/15/2012 | Bill Chappell
    Prices for gasoline are hitting record highs in France, where a gallon now costs more than $8 in some areas. That's the word from Eleanor Beardsley, who filed a report for our Newscast unit: "Prices are up because of problems with two of France's main oil suppliers. Nigeria is racked by civil unrest, and European Union sanctions bar France from importing oil from Iran." "A lower euro has also raised the price of gasoline because crude oil prices are denominated in dollars." "The head of Total, France's largest oil company, said he could not exclude prices going as high as...