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Ecuador Oil Output Hit As Protests Worsen

Demonstrators march into Quito to bring their protest against a sharp rise in fuel prices to the capital
Protesters in Ecuador fought a running battle with security forces Wednesday in a second day of violent demonstrations over a fuel price hike that forced the government to suspend most of the country's deliveries of crude.The violence broke out as thousands of people representing indigenous groups, farmers, students and labor unions marched on a square in Quito's historic center near the government headquarters.
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Mugabe's body arrived from Singapore on Wednesday in Harare where he was given an honour guard

Confusion As Mugabe's Family, Government Squabble Over Burial Site

Zimbabwe ex-president Robert Mugabe's family and the government squabbled over his burial on Thursday, with the place of the ceremony -- and even its date -- unclear after relatives snubbed a plan for him to be entombed at a national monument.Mugabe died in Singapore last week aged 95, leaving Zimbabweans torn over the legacy of a leader once lauded as a colonial-era liberation hero, but whose autocratic 37-year rule ended in a coup in 2017.
A hearse transporting Mugabe's body left a Singapore funeral parlour accompanied by a police escort

Mugabe's body arrives home to divided Zimbabwe, burial dispute

The body of Zimbabwe's ex-president, Robert Mugabe, arrived home on Wednesday to an honour guard in a country divided over the legacy of a former liberation hero whose 37-year rule was marked by repression and economic ruin.Mugabe, a guerrilla leader who rose to power after Zimbabwe's independence from Britain and governed until he was ousted by the military in 2017, died on Friday in Singapore, aged 95.

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