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Activists and supporters of India's Shiv Sena party shout slogans during a protest against fuel price hike in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. India's beleaguered government faced angry protests from its political allies as well as the opposition after it raised the price of diesel fuel late Thursday in a bid to curb a ballooning national deficit and also announced a reduction in cooking gas subsidies.

Activists and supporters of India's Shiv Sena party shout slogans during a protest against fuel price hike in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. India's beleaguered government faced angry protests from its political allies as well as the opposition after it raised the price of diesel fuel late Thursday in a bid to curb a ballooning national deficit and also announced a reduction in cooking gas subsidies.