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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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