FACTBOX - The spread of protests over rising fuel prices

(Reuters) - Protests over rising fuel prices have spread across the globe. Here are some details:

* FRANCE:

-- Truck drivers try to block access for vehicles trying to enter Spain.

* PORTUGAL:

-- Truck drivers went on strike on Monday, with picket lines put up in some places around the country.

-- Several petrol stations in Lisbon ran out of petrol on Wednesday and there were long queues at others as drivers tried to fill up their cars.

-- Retailers have said food stocks at supermarkets are beginning to run out.

-- Lisbon's main airport has run out of fuel because of the strike by truck drivers, causing flight delays but no cancellations.

-- One protester has died as he tried to stop a truck on a road north of the capital Lisbon.

* SPAIN:

-- Spain's car industry said on Wednesday it had been paralysed by a strike by truck drivers angry at fuel costs.

-- Car makers association Anfac said by Thursday all 18 car factories in Spain would be off line because of a lack of parts and fuel.

-- Truck drivers began an indefinite strike on Monday. Lines of trucks up to 5 miles (8 km) long formed at Spanish-French border crossings in Catalonia and the Basque Country.

-- One striking truck driver was killed near a Grenada market in southern Spain on Tuesday.

* INDIA:

-- A one day strike to protest against fuel price rises shut shops and banks in Indian Kashmir, coinciding with a protest by transporters demanding they be allowed to raise fares and freight charges.

-- Wednesday was also the third day of a four-day strike in Kashmir called by the state's transport operators demanding an increase in passenger fares and freight charges.

-- India increased petrol and diesel prices by around 10 percent last week after the cost of subsidising fuel brought state oil companies close to bankruptcy.

* MALAYSIA:

-- A protest against fuel price rise by opposition parties is planned for Friday ahead of one planned for July 12 when the opposition plans to bring 100,000 onto the streets.

-- Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, trying to calm public anger over a steep rise in fuel prices, said on Wednesday there would not be more hikes.

* NEPAL:

-- Student activists burned tyres on roads and blocked traffic in Kathmandu on Tuesday to protest against a hefty increase in fuel prices.

-- Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) on Monday increased petrol and diesel prices by about a 25 percent to stem losses at the state-run oil company and help overcome a domestic fuel shortage.

* SOUTH KOREA:

-- The cabinet offered to resign in the face of huge street protests on Tuesday about the policies of its unpopular President Lee Myung-bak.

-- South Korean truck drivers voted to strike on Monday, ignoring a $10.2 billion government aid package designed to cushion the impact of fuel price rises.

* THAILAND:

-- Thousands of truckers went on a half-day strike on Wednesday demanding government help against rising fuel prices.

-- Thongyu Khongkan, secretary-general of the Land Transport Federation of Thailand, said that if the government did not meet its demands by June 17 it would mobilise its trucks in Bangkok.