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Quito Airport

October 01, 2010 Channel 6 News Soldiers Take Over Quito Airport As Police ... Send by BNO News Approximately 150 soldiers have taken the Quito airport and operation had to be suspended. The Army men are deployed on both runways. In Quito, Guayaquil and Cuenca, police officers refused to labor and took the police headquarters [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Unrest Rocks Ecuador As Troops Take Airport Send by nz.news.yahoo.com QUITO (Reuters) - Unrest erupted in Ecuador on Thursday with soldiers taking control of the main airport and police protesting in the streets while President Rafael Correa considered dissolving a deadlocked Congress. [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Protests Erupt In Ecuador; Soldiers Seize Main Airport ... Send by Newspapers Today Troops upset about salary and benefit cuts seized the country's main airport Thursday, while police officers fired tear gas, burned tires and shut down highways leading to the capital of Quito. There were also reports of protests in [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Ecuador's President Attacked By Police Send by maxwellreyes On Thursday morning about 150 men in uniform, thought to be air force members, overran the landing strip at Quito's main airport, forcing flights to be cancelled. Hundreds of soldiers and police officers involved in the insurrection [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Troops Take Over Ecuador Airport In Protest Send by news.yahoo.com Ecuadoran troops took over the international airport in Quito Thursday to protest a law cutting benefits to the police and military, an airport official said, adding that all flights were suspended. [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Quito International Airport Shuts During Unrest (Reuters ... Posted by Willian Smith Reuters - The international airport in the middle of Ecuador's capital Quito closed operations on Thursday during political protests, an official said. [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Rafael Correa From Anywhere. Posted by Willian Smith Ecuadorean police protesting a government plan to trim their benefits shut down the Quito airport and hurled water at President Rafael Correa as he tried to mediate the dispute. If you want to kill the president here he is. [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Ecuador News : Government Declared State Of Emergency Send by J* [...] Correa has faced," analyst Eduardo Gamarra told CNN en Espaol. Ecuador has a tradition of protests but to see about 150 mutinous members of the air force swarm through Quito's Mariscal Sucre international airport was a first. [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Ecuador Police, Air Force Start Strike, Protests Spread | Gubmint ... Posted by Willian Smith Police officials burned tires in the streets and protested against the government, while air force officials shut down the airport in Quito. The army has said it supports Correa. The protests have spread to other parts of Ecuador, [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Correa Denounces A Coup Attempt | University 5 News Send by John Smith Blocked the runway at the airport in Quito and a police station in the capital, in which military hospital is entered Correa. By the President of Ecuador to the area to calm down, some protesters have attacked. From the hospital, Correa [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Airport Seized In Possible Ecuador Coup | Iphone4case-mall Send by iphone4 case Ecuador is descending into choas as a coup has seen the military take over the country's airport, according to Bloomberg. Peru has closed its border with Ecuador for security reasons, according to Sky News. The country's president [...] The country's president, Rafael Correa has claimed a coup is trying to topple his government in Quito. Correa claims that police officers, protesting due to changes in the rules about their salaries and promotions, pointed guns at him. [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Protesting Police, Soldiers Seize Ecuador Airport | The Daily ... Posted by Willian Smith QUITO, Ecuador (AP) Hundreds of soldiers and police protesting a new law that cuts their benefits have seized the main airport in Ecuador's capital and shut. [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 Police, Soldiers In Ecuador Seize Airport, Block Roads In Protest ... Posted by Willian Smith QUITO, ECUADOR Hundreds of soldiers and police protesting a new law that cuts their benefits have seized the main airport in Ecuador's capital and shut off highway access to it. The rebellious troops fired tear gas and burned tires [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

October 01, 2010 If I Settle On The Far Side Of The Sea...: Historia Esta Pasando Send by Charlie B. In response, the police are on strike throughout the country, and the airforce has joined them in protest by closing the Quito airport. In addition, other groups and civilians are rioting all over Ecuador. The lack of a police force has [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

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