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• n  a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines

• Some made a ritual bonfire of their petrol coupons.
• The day before, petrol bombs were thrown at a historic Orange hall in Belfast while a meeting of the Protestant Orangemen was taking place inside (nobody was injured).
• The dye, used to color petrol and floor polish, has also shown up in some Chinese chili powders and eggs.

• gasoline
• gasolene
• gas

News & Articles

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• A visit with 24 Hours of Le Mans legend Henri Pescarolo - part 2
  Laurent Mercier: The new rules promised by the ACO and the FIA make you confident about the future? Henri Pescarolo: “There is currently a willingness and promise to bring back private LMP1 entries. For seven years, the previous ACO direction kept feeding us talk of equality that never happened even though everyone could see what was happening between diesel and petrol engines. As an ... Keep ...
  June 15, 2013 - Motorsport.com
• Kenya cuts price of petrol, diesel at the pump
  NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's energy regulator reduced retail fuel prices for petrol and diesel on Friday, mainly due to falling international oil prices and a stable exchange rate, while increasing the price of kerosene. Fuel prices have a big impact on the rate of inflation in the east African economy. The rate inched lower to 4.05 percent in May from 4.14 percent a month earlier. The economy ...
  June 14, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• PETROL Partners With NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. At E3 2013
  BURBANK, Calif., June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- PETROL and NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.'s Marketing group collaborate on a highly visible out of home campaign for E3 2013. "The Combination of NAMCO ...
  June 10, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Colin Barnett in Times Online
  It is understood that the refugees on the boat spread petrol and that ignited causing the explosion,Colin Barnett, the conservative Western Australian Premier, told reporters.
• Dave Prentis in United Press International
  The pounds in local government workers' pockets are turning to pennies,Unison's general secretary Dave Prentis said. "The cost of everyday essentials like milk, bread, petrol, gas and electricity are going through the roof."
• Jenson Button in The Press Association
  Button in particular, though, was having none of it as he said: "I was wetting myself when I saw the paper. It's hilarious We did this promo thing in a VW campervan and stopped at a petrol station on the way up, handing out grandstand tickets. So we...