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After Sri Lanka, Laos too faces acute fuel crisis

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Kate Martyr
May 17, 2022

A collision of global and internal factors has caused a spike in fuel prices and thrown both Sri Lanka and Laos into chaos at the gas pumps.

Kate Martyr Editor and video producer at DW's Asia Desk and News Digital
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