Demonstrators in Jamaica blocked major highways with...

Demonstrators in Jamaica blocked major highways with burning barricades for the second day in protests against government-ordered increases in fuel prices. Six people were reported wounded in clashes. Security police patrolled Kingston, the capital, and other major cities. Prime Minister Edward Seaga appealed for an end to the protests, touched off by a 21% increase in prices of gasoline and other petroleum products and a decline in the Jamaican dollar. The government said three people were killed in the first day of rioting Tuesday.