Protesting Police Throw Ecuador Into Chaos (ap)

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, right, speaks to a demonstrator during a protest of police officers and soldiers against a new law that cuts their benefits at a police base in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. Hundreds of police protesting the new law plunged the country into chaos on Thursday, shutting down airports and blocking highways in a nationwide strike. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)AP – Hundreds of police angry over a law to cut their benefits plunged this small South American nation into chaos Thursday, roughing up and tear-gassing the president, shutting down airports and blocking highways in a nationwide strike.

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