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Argentine military police deployed in fuel strike

MADRID (MarketWatch) -- Argentina has sent in military police to break a fuel-transport logjam as truckers strike over pay, according to a Reuters report. After the truckers union defied an order to enter into negotiations and instead began a three-day work action, the government of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner initiated a criminal complaint, according to the wire service, noting that the government has the power to reroute trucks to areas where fuel is most needed, and the military police took control of fuel plants Wednesday in a bid to get the fuel trucks moving.