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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Keith Bradsher / The Bulletin
July 28, 2008
JAKARTA, Indonesia — To understand why fuel prices in the United States have soared over the last year, it helps to talk to the captain of a battered wooden freighter here.
He pays just $2.30 a gallon for diesel, the same price Indonesian motorists pay for regular gasoline. His vessel....