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Protesting police throw Ecuador into chaos - Chambersburg Public Opinion (http://www.publicopiniononline.com/nationalnews/ci_16216179 - broken link)
QUITO, Ecuador—The government declared a state of siege Thursday after rebellious police angered by a law that cuts their benefits plunged this small South American nation into chaos, roughing up the president, shutting down airports and blocking highways in a nationwide strike.
Incensed officers shoved President Rafael Correa around and pelted him with tear gas and water when he tried to speak at a police barracks in the capital. Correa, 47, was hospitalized from the effects of the gas.